AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i9-10980XE

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 16 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel Core i9-10980XE
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 18 / Oct 2019
Intel Core i9-10980XE

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    119%
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    119%
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

19% higher multi threaded performance.
60 watts lower power draw.
Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-10980XE

None

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i9-10980XE
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
Boost 3.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i9-10980XE
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Cascadelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4 Quad-channel
CodenameVermeervsCascade Lake-X
Release DateNov 2020vsOct 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i9-10980XE
Cores16vs18
Threads32vs36
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i9-10980XE
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs1MB (per core)
L3 Cache64MBvs24.75MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i9-10980XE
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2066
Max Case Temp95°CvsN/A
PackagevsFC-LGA2066
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950XIntel Core i9-10980XE
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4900 MHzvs4800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP105 Wvs165 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    5880 points
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE
    5760 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    79641 points
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE
    77760 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    4483
  • Intel Core i9-10980XE
    3744

points - higher is better