Intel Core i9-9820X vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

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
6% slightly better overall score
6554 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7678 points
8003 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6735 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
6082 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6649 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
5954 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

204.52 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
177.81 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.7 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W
45 W
266% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
Identical
4

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
217th 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
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

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 i9-9820X vs Ryzen 7 6800H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9820X is faster than the Ryzen 7 6800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 6800H 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 6800H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9820X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 6800H. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 6800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800H 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.

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

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