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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-11900 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 5950X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-11900 is 131 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 5950X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-11900
- Up to 23% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5950X - CA$385.0 vs CA$499.0
- Up to 23% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Ryzen 9 5950X - CA$3.53 vs CA$4.58 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900 - 32 vs 16 threads
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
109
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$3.53/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$385
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & Select 400 Series Chipset) 65W
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor without cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-11900 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-11900 or Ryzen 9 5950X
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
54 FPS
CA$145.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-11900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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