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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-4770K. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2020-11-05
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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Q2/2013
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Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel Core i7-4770K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 9 5900X or Intel Core i7-4770K? Which processor is faster?

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

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has a base frequency of 3.7 GHz. 12 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2020-11-05.

Intel Core i7-4770K has a base frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 84 W. Released in Q2/2013.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    35 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.7 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    12 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 23% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.8 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    55 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    41 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    40 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    12 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    28 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    101 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    46 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    21 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    22 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    215 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    84 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-4770K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    269 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    242 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    355 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    278 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    482 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    410 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    420 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    478 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    861 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    107 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    224 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    239 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    219 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    211 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    109 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    382 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i7-4770K Intel Core i7-4770K
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 4000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 9 3900X left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
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 3.5 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    24 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.8 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.8 GHz left arrow 3.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    4.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.7 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.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow Intel HD Graphics 4600
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 11.1
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 20
  • Generation
    - left arrow 7.5
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 350 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1250 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q2/2013
  • Shader
    - left arrow 160
  • Technology
    - left arrow 22 nm
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 Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4770K and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 32 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR3-1600
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow -
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 16
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 3.0
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7-4770K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    105 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 84 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    142 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7-4770K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Haswell S
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    6 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    64 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • Release date
    2020-11-05 left arrow Q2/2013
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1150
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 22 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 9 5900X

More results: 11

Intel Core i7-4770K

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 2024 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 1185 points System: Ryzen 9 5900X, 64 GB
CPU / power label: Ryzen 9 5900X, 64 GB
Source minimum runtime: 0 minutes.
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 22046 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R23 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 1638 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @ Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / multiple threads

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 8545 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
Exact test build and complete conditions are unreported; no ranking position.

Cinebench R20 / single thread

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 636 points System: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @Stock
CPU / power label: CB: Ryzen 9 5900X @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 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7-4770K.

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.

1622.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
961.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
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.

21878.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
4593.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

637.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
361.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

8468.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
1769.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

270.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
141.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware

Higher values are better in this metric.

3684.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
709.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
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.

1646.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
988.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
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.

14650.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
3715.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

39564.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
10083.000000
Intel Core i7-4770K

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