Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7550 points
7756 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points
10179 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7406 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
169.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9481 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9309 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1574 points
2179 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
28 W
489% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089
155th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 7 8840U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8840U beats the Core i9-10900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8840U outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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