Intel Core i9-9900 vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 6 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

6105 points
3% slightly better overall score
5874 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7952 points
8265 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5494 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
5178 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5338 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
5019 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

148.10 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
133.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7287 points
8200 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points
2231 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.20 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

246th of 1,089
261st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9900 vs Ryzen Z1 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9900 beats the Ryzen Z1 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen Z1 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900. Despite this, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 outputs less heat than Core i9-9900 thanks to a 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 Z1 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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