AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i9-10900KF

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i9-10900KF specs and performance

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10900KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Indeed, the Core i9-10900KF has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900KF CPU because of its 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 5800X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900KF. The Ryzen 7 5800X 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.