Intel Core i9-9900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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

6719 points
7% slightly better overall score
6264 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points
6% slightly better gaming score
7696 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
5820 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
5710 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6544 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points
0.07% slightly higher Blender score
175.52 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

12397 points
14363 points
15% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7957 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7263 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points
1794 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7587 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
1845 points
8% slightly 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

3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% 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

209th of 1,089
239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

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 i9-9900K vs Ryzen 9 5900HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900K is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX outputs less heat than Core i9-9900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. 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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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