AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i9-9940X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900X performs better than the Core i9-9940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9940X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9940X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Indeed, the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 3900X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9940X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.