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AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i9-9900K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2023
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
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Q4/2018
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Intel Core i9-9900K
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What's the best choice AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme or Intel Core i9-9900K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a base frequency of 3.3 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 28 W. Released in Q2/2023.

Intel Core i9-9900K has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 95 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    75 left arrow place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.1 GHz left arrow 5.00 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    28 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    29 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    34 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    126 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    25 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    99 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 9% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.3 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-9900K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    143 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    107 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    95 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    95 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    37 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    107 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    191 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    169 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    52 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    587 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    32 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    3 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    89 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    74 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    22 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    144 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Intel Core i9-9900K Intel Core i9-9900K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 7040 left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Form Factor
    Handheld left arrow -
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 9
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen Z1 left arrow -
  • Successor
    - left arrow Intel Core i9-10900K
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.3 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    8x Zen 4 left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    5.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.1 GHz left arrow 5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.7 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    12 left arrow 24
  • Generation
    10 left arrow 9.5
  • GPU Frequency
    1200 MHz left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon Graphics left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU Turbo
    2900 MHz left arrow 1200 MHz
  • Graphics Cores
    12 left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    32 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2023 left arrow Q4/2017
  • Shader
    768 left arrow 192
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 14 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-9900K and AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    89.6 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 (Dual Channel) left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR5-5600LPDDR5X-7500 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • PCIe
    4.0 x 20 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 16
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 3.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i9-9900K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Configurable TDP
    9-30 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    28 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    28 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 119 W / 28 s
  • TDP down
    15 W left arrow -
  • TDP up
    30 W left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    - left arrow 95 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i9-9900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Phoenix (Zen 4) left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Chip design
    Monolithic left arrow -
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    8 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 16 MB
  • Operating systems
    Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q2/2023 left arrow Q4/2018
  • Socket
    FP8 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Technology
    4 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Intel Core i9-9900K

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 3749.193923 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: LENOVO / LNVNB161216
Duration: 266.724 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme and Intel Core i9-9900K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1807.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
1284.000000
Intel Core i9-9900K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

14798.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
12450.000000
Intel Core i9-9900K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1917.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
1342.000000
Intel Core i9-9900K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

9977.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
8779.000000
Intel Core i9-9900K
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

4300.000000
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
461.000000
Intel Core i9-9900K

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