AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7 9700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i7 9700F with 8 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

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 (3.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i7 9700F 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +43%

1670

Intel Core i7 9700F

1162

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +160%

22046

Intel Core i7 9700F

8461

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +43%

2235

Intel Core i7 9700F

1557

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +94%

12589

Intel Core i7 9700F

6479

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +36%

1639

Intel Core i7 9700F

1203

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +105%

14023

Intel Core i7 9700F

6814

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +25%

3470

Intel Core i7 9700F

2768

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +192%

39196

Intel Core i7 9700F

13384

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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Intel Core i7 9700F

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Apr 2019

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

8

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

12

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

30x

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

12 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

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700F

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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