Intel Core i9-9880H vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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

4654 points
10982 points
135% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6160 points
13108 points
112% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4177 points
10252 points
145% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4061 points
10031 points
147% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.53 points
325.43 points
153% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6125 points
18346 points
199% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1369 points
3336 points
143% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.30 GHz
4.7 GHz
103% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.2 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
166% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
8 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

374th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9880H vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D performs better than the Core i9-9880H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9880H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9880H. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9880H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9880H. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-9880H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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