Intel Core i9-9820X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5825U

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 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

42% significantly better overall score

4888 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7678 points

17% slightly better gaming score

6523 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6735 points

53% significantly better multitasking score

4398 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6649 points

54% significantly better heavy workload score

4293 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

204.52 points

55% significantly higher Blender score

131.31 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

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.5 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

15 W

1000% 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

16 MiB

220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

195th of 1,089

357th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2022 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 5825U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9820X beats the Ryzen 7 5825U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5825U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5825U has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5825U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9820X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5825U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5825U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5825U outputs less heat than Core i9-9820X thanks to a significantly 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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.