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

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 14 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

8378 points

2% slightly better overall score

8137 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points

11% slightly better gaming score

7646 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points

0.37% slightly better multitasking score

8299 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points

8373 points

0.53% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

256.89 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10007 points

0.51% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9956 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1698 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1379 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9918 points

10437 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1737 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1460 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

57% significantly lower TDP

165 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

896 KiB

16% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

156% significantly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

136th of 1,099

149th of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i9-9940X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900XT is faster than the Core i9-9940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9940X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9940X. Also, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900XT 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.

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