AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9 10900KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 10900KF with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 10900KF 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1331

Intel Core i9 10900KF +3%

1375

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +74%

24018

Intel Core i9 10900KF

13761

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Intel Core i9 10900KF +1%

1741

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +57%

11656

Intel Core i9 10900KF

7414

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +41%

1325

Intel Core i9 10900KF

936

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1279

Intel Core i9 10900KF +1%

1301

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +31%

14487

Intel Core i9 10900KF

11050

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i9 10900KF +15%

3118

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +69%

38953

Intel Core i9 10900KF

22915

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i9 10900KF

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

10

32

Performance Core Threads

20

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

10

32

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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