Intel Core i9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Jan 2021
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Vermeer
Processor Number
i9-9900X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM4
Power Consumption
165 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
92 °C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
12
Performance Core Threads
20
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
10
12
Total Thread Count
20
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
30x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,182
1,584
Cinebench R23
13,994
20,887
Geekbench 6
1,455
2,080
Geekbench 5
1,165
1,715
Geekbench 6
10,273
9,774
Geekbench 5
10,704
13,017
Passmark CPU
2,565
3,447
Passmark CPU
21,833
34,510
Blender
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.