Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 2600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  10 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 AMD Ryzen 2000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-9900K --
• Successor
  Intel Core i9-11900K AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  10 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  5.30 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  20 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 630 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.20 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 2600X and Intel Core i9-10900K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-10900K and AMD Ryzen 5 2600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 95 W
• TDP down
  95 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-10900K and Intel Core i9-10900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  20.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+)
• Technology
  14 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 AM4
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2018