AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i7 10700K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X with 12 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 10700K with 8 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X '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 16MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i7 10700K 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1313

Intel Core i7 10700K

1317

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +44%

18656

Intel Core i7 10700K

12883

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +15%

1842

Intel Core i7 10700K

1601

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +56%

11715

Intel Core i7 10700K

7472

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1319

Intel Core i7 10700K +4%

1378

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +38%

11991

Intel Core i7 10700K

8629

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

2683

Intel Core i7 10700K +14%

3060

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +70%

32531

Intel Core i7 10700K

19100

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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Intel Core i7 10700K

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i7-10700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

38x

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

16 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

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 9 3900X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 10700K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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