AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i9-10900K

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i9 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

7246 points
8226 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
2% slightly better gaming score
8838 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
8007 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
7938 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
8988 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
231.23 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
9381 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1723 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
9141 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1778 points

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

3.4 GHz
3.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.3 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
92% significantly lower TDP
125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache
2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089
138th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
10th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i9-10900K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900K beats the Ryzen 7 5800 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900K CPU because of its significantly 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 5800 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. The Ryzen 7 5800 also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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