Intel Core i9 9900 vs AMD Athlon Gold 20
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2019
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Mendocino
Processor Number
i9-9900
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
65 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
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Performance Core Threads
16
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
8
2
Total Thread Count
16
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
31x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1200 MHz
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Shader Units
192
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Texture Units
24
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Raster Operation Units
3
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Execution Units
24
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3
PCIe Lanes
16
4
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,589
888
Geekbench 5
1,265
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Geekbench 6
7,205
1,822
Geekbench 5
7,910
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Passmark CPU
2,833
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Passmark CPU
16,692
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.