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Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2019
Intel Core i9-10900X
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2024-11-07
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-10900X or AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

Intel Core i9-10900X has a base frequency of 3.70 GHz. 10 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 165 W. Released in Q4/2019.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a base frequency of 4.7 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2024-11-07.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    73 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    10 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-10900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    204 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    82 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    114 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    93 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    272 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    109 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    21 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    4.7 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 11 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.70 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    120 W left arrow 165 W

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-10900X Intel Core i9-10900X
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 10000X left arrow -
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    10 left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 9000 Series
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
    3.7 GHz left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    10 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.7 GHz left arrow 5.2 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
    4.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5.2 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.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow -
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow -
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow -
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow -
  • JPEG
    No left arrow -
  • VC-1
    No left arrow -
  • VP8
    No left arrow -
  • VP9
    No left arrow -
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Intel Core i9-10900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow -
  • Max. Memory
    256 GB left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-2933 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow -
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-10900X and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    94 °C left arrow 95 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    165 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 120 W
  • TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
    - left arrow 120 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-10900X and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cascade Lake left arrow Zen 5
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow -
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    19.25 MB left arrow 96 MB
  • Release date
    Q4/2019 left arrow 2024-11-07
  • Socket
    LGA 2066 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 4nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow -
  • Codename
    - left arrow Granite Ridge AM5
  • I/O die process
    - left arrow TSMC 6nm FinFET

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.

Intel Core i9-10900X

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

More results: 7

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R15 / multi-core 3647 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R15 / single-core 328 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R20 / multi-core 9057 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R20 / single-core 818 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R23 / multi-core 23230 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Cinebench R23 / single-core 2080 points

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 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 11708.093805 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B850M GAMING X WIFI6E
Duration: 85.411 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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