AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-10900

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i9-10900 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900 beats the Ryzen 7 3800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900. Despite this, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10900 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.