Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 9 7900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.