AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i9 9900

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 9900 with 8 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

Intel Core i9 9900 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +6%

1344

Intel Core i9 9900

1267

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

12181

Intel Core i9 9900

12084

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +2%

1629

Intel Core i9 9900

1589

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +12%

8104

Intel Core i9 9900

7205

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1275

Intel Core i9 9900

1265

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +5%

8375

Intel Core i9 9900

7910

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

2646

Intel Core i9 9900 +7%

2833

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +35%

22611

Intel Core i9 9900

16692

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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Intel Core i9 9900

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Apr 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-9900

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

8

16

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

31x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9900

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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