AMD Epyc 74F3 vs Intel Core i9-10900K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Epyc 7003 Intel Core i 10000
• Family
  AMD Epyc Intel Core i9
• Generation
  3 10
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i9-9900K
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i9-11900K

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

• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  24 10
• CPU Threads
  48 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 5.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (24 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 4.9 GHz

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
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2017
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10900K and AMD Epyc 74F3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2933
• PCIe lanes
  128 16
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc 74F3 and Intel Core i9-10900K 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  240 W 125 W
• TDP down
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc 74F3 and Intel Core i9-10900K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Milan (Zen 3) Comet Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  256 MB 20 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2020
• Socket
  SP3 LGA 1200
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d