Intel Core i9-10920X vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Compare Intel Core X-series 12 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

7975 points
2% slightly better overall score
7756 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7849 points
10179 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8024 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
6990 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8038 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score
6806 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11797 points
106% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5705 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

251.40 points
47% significantly higher Blender score
169.90 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11106 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9309 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1664 points
2179 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% 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

158th of 1,125
166th of 1,125

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 i9-10920X vs Ryzen 7 8840U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10920X performs better than the Ryzen 7 8840U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 8840U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8840U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X 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 i9-10920X thanks to a significantly 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 i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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