Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i9-10900X vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900X beats the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Z1 Extreme. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.