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Intel Core i7-9750H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2019
Intel Core i7-9750H
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2020-11-05
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

What's the best choice Intel Core i7-9750H or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X? Which processor is faster?

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

Intel Core i7-9750H has a base frequency of 2.60 GHz. 6 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q2/2019.

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.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    177 left arrow place
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 105 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-9750H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    213 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    198 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    218 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    204 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    169 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    250 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    273 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    342 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    667 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    72 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    267 place
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 42% better clock speed

    3.7 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    12 left arrow 6
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.8 GHz left arrow 4.50 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

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i7-9750H Intel Core i7-9750H
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 9000H left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
  • Segment
    Mobile 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
    2.6 GHz left arrow 3.7 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.5 GHz left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
    3.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.5 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.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow -
  • Execution units
    24 left arrow -
  • Generation
    9.5 left arrow -
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow -
  • GPU name
    Intel UHD Graphics 630 left arrow None
  • GPU Turbo
    1150 MHz left arrow -
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow -
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q4/2017 left arrow -
  • Shader
    192 left arrow -
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow -
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
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7-9750H. 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
    DDR4-2666LPDDR3-2133 left arrow DDR4
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    3.0 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 i7-9750H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 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)
    45 W left arrow 105 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 142 W
  • TDP down
    35 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 105 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-9750H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Coffee Lake H Refresh 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 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 6 MB
  • L3-Cache
    12 MB left arrow 64 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2019 left arrow 2020-11-05
  • Socket
    BGA 1440 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 i7-9750H

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

More results: 11

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 Intel Core i7-9750H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X.

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.

1113.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
1622.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

6912.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
21878.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

441.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
637.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

2653.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
8468.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

184.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
270.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

1182.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
3684.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

1170.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
1646.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

5149.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
14650.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
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.

13540.000000
Intel Core i7-9750H
39564.000000
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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