Intel Core i9-9900K 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

6719 points

6% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points

6% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6531 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

169.56 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

12397 points

14960 points

20% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points

9595 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points

2167 points

27% 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

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

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

95 W

28 W

239% 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

209th 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

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9900K vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores 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 Z1 Extreme. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.