Intel Core i9-9820X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD 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

6987 points

6994 points

0.10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7678 points

8202 points

6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6735 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

6575 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6649 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

6440 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

204.52 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

187.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.58 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

Identical

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

105 W

57% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

5 MiB

96 MiB

1820% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

195th of 1,089

194th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9820X vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D is faster than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9820X.

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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.