AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i9 9900KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12 cores 3.0GHz and Intel Core i9 9900KF with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i9 9900KF 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +26%

1591

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1260

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +65%

20814

Intel Core i9 9900KF

12606

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +29%

2080

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1612

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +27%

9774

Intel Core i9 9900KF

7648

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +36%

256

Intel Core i9 9900KF

188

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +31%

1715

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1300

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +46%

13017

Intel Core i9 9900KF

8856

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +17%

3447

Intel Core i9 9900KF

2945

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +86%

34510

Intel Core i9 9900KF

18462

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

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Intel Core i9 9900KF

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-9900KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

16

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

36x

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

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9900KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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