AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i9-9900K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900K performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its significantly 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 5900 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 9 5900 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 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.