Intel Core i9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i9-9900X
9950X
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon Graphics
Generation
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Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM5
Power Consumption
165 W
170 W
Peak Operating Temperature
92 °C
95 °C
Transistor Count
—
13.1 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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230 W
Foundry
—
TSMC
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
16
Performance Core Threads
20
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
5.7 GHz
Total Core Count
10
16
Total Thread Count
20
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
43
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
44
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
—
1500 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Execution Units
—
2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,182
2,243
Cinebench R23
13,994
42,074
Geekbench 6
1,455
3,419
Geekbench 5
1,165
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Geekbench 6
10,273
21,762
Geekbench 5
10,704
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Passmark CPU
2,565
4,743
Passmark CPU
21,833
66,476
Cinebench 2024
—
137
Cinebench 2024
—
2,287
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.