AMD Ryzen 7 5800 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7246 points
7% slightly better overall score
6719 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
9% slightly better gaming score
8223 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
6214 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
6073 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10731 points
0.29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10700 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
175.64 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
7957 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1634 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8053 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1703 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

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

175th 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

2021 December
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 5800 vs Core i9-9900K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900K is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its 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 5800 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 7 5800 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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