Intel Core i9-9900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

6827 points

7004 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8465 points

10197 points

20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6279 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

5978 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6130 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

5757 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7066 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5932 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

176.47 points

192.43 points

9% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4.10 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

96 MiB

499% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

214th of 1,107

202nd of 1,107

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

2024 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9900KF vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D is faster than the Core i9-9900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9900KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-9900KF 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 5 7600X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KF. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D 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 i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.