Intel Core i9 10850K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 10850K with 10 cores 3.6GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 10850K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (125W vs 170W)

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (73.4GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

1302

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +58%

2059

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

15492

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +146%

38165

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

1722

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +78%

3068

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

8830

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +142%

21409

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

1302

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +71%

2232

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

10664

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +127%

24244

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

3083

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +39%

4286

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 10850K

22770

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +176%

62987

Intel Core i9 10850K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Aug 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Comet Lake-S

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Raphael)

i9-10850K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1200

Socket

AM5

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.1 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

LGA-1200

Socket

AM5

125 W

Power Consumption

170 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

230 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

10

Performance Cores

16

20

Performance Core Threads

32

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.5 GHz

5.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.7 GHz

10

Total Core Count

16

20

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

45x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

45.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

73.4 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

1500 MHz

1200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

192

Shader Units

448

24

Texture Units

8

3

Raster Operation Units

4

24

Execution Units

2

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 10850K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

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