AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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

5542 points

6987 points

26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6612 points

7678 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5172 points

6735 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5056 points

6649 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.60 points

204.52 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

73% significantly lower TDP

165 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

20% slightly more L1 cache

640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

220% significantly more L3 cache

5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

289th of 1,089

195th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i9-9820X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9820X is faster than the Ryzen 7 1800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 1800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 1800X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9820X. A Ryzen 7 1800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.