AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i9-10900K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i9
• Generation
  4 10
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000 Intel Core i 10000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Intel Core i9-9900K
• Successor
  -- Intel Core i9-11900K

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
  3.40 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  16 10
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.90 GHz 5.30 GHz
• CPU Threads
  32 20
• 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
  no iGPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU frequency
  -- 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.20 GHz
• 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)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-10900K and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9-10900K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  105 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  142 W --
• TDP down
  -- 95 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  64.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Vermeer (Zen 3) Comet Lake S
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1200
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2020