AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 12 / unknown
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Intel Core i9-9900KF
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jan 2019
Intel Core i9-9900KF

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    125%
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    100%
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    152%
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 52% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-9900KF

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTIntel Core i9-9900KF
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTIntel Core i9-9900KF
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameMatissevsCoffee Lake
Release DateunknownvsJan 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTIntel Core i9-9900KF
Cores12vs8
Threads24vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTIntel Core i9-9900KF
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256K (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs16MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTIntel Core i9-9900KF
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA14C
Die Size74mm²vsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XTIntel Core i9-9900KF
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs5000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP105 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    5264 points
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF
    6000 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    63947 points
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF
    41472 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    214
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF (simulated)
    216

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
    3168
  • Intel Core i9-9900KF (simulated)
    2077

points - higher is better