AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9-10920X

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 269.00
$ 500.87 significantly less expensive
$ 769.87

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9875 points
23% slightly better overall score
7975 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9949 points
26% slightly better gaming score
7849 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9848 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
8024 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9838 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
8038 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 9 5900X and the Core i9-10920X? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10192 points
11797 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
251.40 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
10590 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1572 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11106 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1664 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
Identical
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 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
Identical
768 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

97th of 1,124
158th of 1,124

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 i9-10920X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900X is faster than the Core i9-10920X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10920X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10920X. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-10920X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons