Intel Core i9-9940X vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

8137 points

8204 points

0.82% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

9603 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

7740 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

7593 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

214.43 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

75% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.80 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.8 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

105 W

57% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

896 KiB

75% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,099

147th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9940X vs Ryzen 7 5800XT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800XT beats the Core i9-9940X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 5800XT has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800XT outputs less heat than Core i9-9940X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.