AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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

$ 269.00
$ 209.79 significantly less expensive
$ 478.79

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9859 points
30% slightly better overall score
7550 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points
20% slightly better gaming score
8222 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points
34% slightly better multitasking score
7324 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
7249 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10192 points
37% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7406 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
202.00 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
9329 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1608 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9481 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1574 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 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
20% slightly more L1 cache
640 KiB

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

94th of 1,089
165th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2019 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i9-10900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900X performs better than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900X has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-10900X that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 9 5900X and Core i9-10900X are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10900X 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 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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