AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i5-10600K

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 12 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i5-10600K
Intel Socket 1200DESKTOP
4100 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2020
Intel Core i5-10600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    101%
  • Intel Core i5-10600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    101%
  • Intel Core i5-10600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-10600K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i5-10600K
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
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i5-10600K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Cometlake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4-2666 MHz Dual-channel
CodenameVermeervsComet Lake
Release DateNov 2020vsApr 2020

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i5-10600K
Cores12vs6
Threads24vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i5-10600K
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256K (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs12MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i5-10600K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1200
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA1200
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XIntel Core i5-10600K
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs4100 MHz
Turbo Clock4800 MHzvs4800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP105 Wvs125 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    5760 points
  • Intel Core i5-10600K
    5760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    65001 points
  • Intel Core i5-10600K
    35424 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
    272
  • Intel Core i5-10600K
    267

points - higher is better