AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-9900K

Price

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$ 230.00

$ 120.22 significantly less expensive

$ 350.22

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7216 points

7% slightly better overall score

6719 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points

3% slightly better gaming score

8223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

6214 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

6073 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points

7038 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

175.64 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8580 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7957 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1738 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1634 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8527 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8053 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1771 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1703 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

5 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

95 W

10% slightly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

Identical

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th of 1,089

209th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

9th Generation Core i9

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i9-9900K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800XT performs better than the Core i9-9900K. Despite this, the Core i9-9900K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9900K. Despite this, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-9900K outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800XT thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 7 3800XT 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 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.