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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9940X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 748 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9940X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 9% better in Remnant II than Core i9-9940X - 96 vs 88 FPS
- Up to 74% cheaper than Core i9-9940X - €313.41 vs €1183.0
- Up to 76% better value when playing Remnant II than Core i9-9940X - €3.26 vs €13.44 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9940X - 105 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9940X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 28 vs 24 threads
Remnant II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
96
100%
Value, €/FPS
€3.26/FPS
100%
Price, €
€313.41
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Prozessor 3,7 GHz 64 MB L3
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Intel Core i9-9940X X-series Prozessor (19,25M Cache, bis zu 4,50 GHz)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Core i9-9940X |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2018 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 12 | Cores | 14 |
| 24 | Threads | 28 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Core i9-9940X
Remnant II, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
78 FPS
€24.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,919.9
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63 FPS
€25.06/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,579
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50 FPS
€29.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,479
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40 FPS
€29.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,164.9
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50 FPS
€32.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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€1,634.32
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96 FPS
€31.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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€3,024.9
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71 FPS
€24.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,739.9
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71 FPS
€22.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,599.9
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75 FPS
€24.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,829.9
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62 FPS
€47.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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€2,964.73
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