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Intel Core i9-11900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2021
Intel Core i9-11900F
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

What's the best choice Intel Core i9-11900F or AMD Ryzen 9 5950X? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Core i9-11900F has a base frequency of 2.50 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2021.

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 16 / 32 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Differences

  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 6% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.20 GHz left arrow 4.9 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-11900F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    51 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    59 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    129 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    45 place
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    24 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 36% better clock speed

    3.4 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    16 left arrow 8

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5950X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    50 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    23 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    10 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    12 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    97 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    18 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    15 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-11900F Intel Core i9-11900F
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 11000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    11 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i9-10900F left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 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
    2.5 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 32
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5.2 GHz left arrow 4.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    3.8 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 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 None
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9-11900F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 4.0
  • System Memory Specification
    - left arrow 3200
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-11900F and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 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
    100 °C left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    224 W / 56 s left arrow 142 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-11900F and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Rocket Lake S left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    16 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    LGA 1200 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Vermeer

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 i9-11900F

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

More results: 10

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.

Cinebench 2026 / single core with SMT

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 511 points System: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
CPU / power label: 5950X, RX 7900 GRE, 32 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1625 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench 2024 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 102 points System: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5950X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-11900F 4021.781971 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 8 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / Z490 Steel Legend
Duration: 248.646 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 28782 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 1684 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 10435 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 649 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5950X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-11900F and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X.

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.

1630.000000
Intel Core i9-11900F
1639.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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.

1831.000000
Intel Core i9-11900F
1657.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
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.

9872.000000
Intel Core i9-11900F
16942.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Monero Hashrate kH/s
Monero hashrate is an estimated numerical value that determines how many hashes are generated by miners, benefiting from the number of cores CPU and memory speed

Higher values are better in this metric.

6.500000
Intel Core i9-11900F
20.500000
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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