Intel Core i9-9900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i9-9900K vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-9900K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9900K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-9900K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X3D CPU because of its slightly 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 9900X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.