Intel Core i9-9900KS vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D

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

7509 points
7598 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9220 points
10348 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6930 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
6695 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6769 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
6473 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

173.21 points
199.09 points
14% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.01 GHz
0.17% slightly higher clock speed
4.00 GHz

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

167th of 1,089
161st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-9900KS vs Ryzen 5 7500X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D is faster than the Core i9-9900KS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9900KS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KS. The Ryzen 5 7500X3D 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 i9-9900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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