Intel Core i9-10900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

Intel Core i9-10900X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 10 / Oct 2019
Intel Core i9-10900X
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2019
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i9-10900X
    112%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i9-10900X
    112%
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-10900X

12% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 12% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3800X

60 watts lower power draw.

Intel Core i9-10900X

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i9-10900X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i9-10900XAMD Ryzen 7 3800X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
Boost 3.0
SSE4A
SSE4.1
AES
SHA
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2

Architecture

Intel Core i9-10900XAMD Ryzen 7 3800X
ArchitectureIntel_CascadelakevsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4 Quad-channelvsDDR4
CodenameCascade Lake-XvsZen 2
Release DateOct 2019vsJul 2019

Cores

Intel Core i9-10900XAMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Cores10vs8
Threads20vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i9-10900XAMD Ryzen 7 3800X
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache1MB (per core)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache19.25MB (shared)vs32MB

Physical

Intel Core i9-10900XAMD Ryzen 7 3800X
SocketIntel Socket 2066vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case TempN/Avsunknown
PackageFC-LGA2066vs
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process14 nmvs7 nm

Performance

Intel Core i9-10900XAMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP165 Wvs105 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i9-10900X
    5640 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
    5040 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i9-10900X
    53280 points
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
    42631 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i9-10900X (simulated)
    2565.33
  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800X (simulated)
    2276.08

points - higher is better