AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 455.05
$ 933.95 significantly less expensive
$ 1389.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10982 points
46% significantly better overall score
7509 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13108 points
42% slightly better gaming score
9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10252 points
47% significantly better multitasking score
6930 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10031 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
6769 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10082 points
38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7296 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

325.43 points
87% significantly higher Blender score
173.21 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

18346 points
114% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8569 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3336 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1789 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

4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
4.01 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
5% slightly lower TDP
127 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
499% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

70th of 1,089
167th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
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 9800X3D vs Core i9-9900KS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Core i9-9900KS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9900KS. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KS 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 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KS. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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