Intel Core i9-9900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Core i9-9900K vs Ryzen 9 7900 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900 is faster than the Core i9-9900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7900 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 9 7900 also has significantly more 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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.