AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 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

7216 points
3% slightly better overall score
6987 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7678 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points
0.64% slightly better multitasking score
6735 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points
6649 points
0.08% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points
204.52 points
10% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
57% significantly lower TDP
165 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
540% significantly more L3 cache
5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th 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

2020 July
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i9-9820X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800XT performs better than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Indeed, the Core i9-9820X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 3800XT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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