Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 5 8645HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8645HS performs better than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900X has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8645HS that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8645HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.