AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i9-10900X

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

7246 points

7550 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points

9% slightly better gaming score

8222 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points

7324 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points

7249 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points

7406 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points

202.00 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points

9329 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points

9481 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1574 points

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

3.4 GHz

3.7 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

153% 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

28% slightly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089

165th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i9-10900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900X performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-10900X has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X 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 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.