Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen 9 9950X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9950X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900X. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900X CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.