Intel Core i9-9820X vs AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme

Core i9-9820X vs Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9820X beats the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 AI Z2 Extreme that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9820X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme 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.