AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i5-10600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 389.99
$ 209.95
$ 180.04 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8378 points
50% significantly better overall score
5576 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
10% slightly better gaming score
7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
70% significantly better multitasking score
4881 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
76% significantly better heavy workload score
4723 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8585 points
58% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5401 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
104% significantly higher Blender score
134.52 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10007 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6883 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1698 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1630 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9918 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6842 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1737 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1687 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
4.1 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
19% slightly lower TDP
125 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

131st of 1,089
287th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2020 May

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 9 3900XT vs Core i5-10600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900XT performs better than the Core i5-10600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Also, the Core i5-10600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900XT CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-10600K 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 9 3900XT has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600K. The Ryzen 9 3900XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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