Intel Core i9-9900 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

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

6105 points

6328 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7952 points

2% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5494 points

5895 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5338 points

5789 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9955 points

52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6531 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

148.10 points

169.56 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7287 points

9595 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1617 points

2167 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.30 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

8 MiB

300% 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

234th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9900 vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the Core i9-9900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.