Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Core i9-9900KS

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-9900KS outperforms the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 3990X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-9900KS is 102 days older than the more expensive Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.

Advantages of Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900KS - 128 vs 16 threads

Advantages of Core i9-9900KS

Performs up to 3% better in Valorant than Ryzen Threadripper 3990X - 819 vs 793 FPS
Up to 28% cheaper than Ryzen Threadripper 3990X - $1791.89 vs $2478.33
Up to 30% better value when playing Valorant than Ryzen Threadripper 3990X - $2.19 vs $3.13 per FPS
Consumes up to 55% less energy than AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X - 127 vs 280 Watts
Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X doesn't have integrated graphics

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Valorant

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Desktop • Feb 7th, 2020

FPS

793

97%

Value, €/FPS

€3.13/FPS

70%

Price, €

€2478.33

72%

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-Core, 128-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for €2,478.33 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 263 minutes ago

Core i9-9900KS

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019

FPS

819

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.19/FPS

100%

Price, €

€1791.89

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-9900KS Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0GHz All-Core Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 Z390 127W

Buy for €1,791.89 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 263 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Desktop • Feb 7th, 2020

Core i9-9900KS

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019

1920 x 1080

Ultra

139

FPS

133

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

216

FPS

168

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Epic

231

FPS

228

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Ultra

606

FPS

577

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Very High

416

FPS

385

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Desktop • Feb 7th, 2020

Single-Core

1558

88%

Multi-Core

13904

100%

Core i9-9900KS

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019

Single-Core

1780

100%

Multi-Core

8596

62%

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	vs	Core i9-9900KS
Feb 7th, 2020	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2019
Ryzen Threadripper	Collection	Core i9
Castle Peak	Codename	Coffee Lake
AMD Socket TRX4	Socket	Intel Socket 1151
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
64	Cores	8
128	Threads	16
2.9 GHz	Base Clock Speed	4.0 GHz
4.3 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	5.0 GHz
280 W	TDP	127 W
7 nm	Process Size	14 nm
29.0x	Multiplier	40.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	UHD 630
Yes	Overclockable	Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 3990X vs Core i9-9900KS