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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 383 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10980XE.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 4% better in Battlefield 1 than Core i9-10980XE - 253 vs 244 FPS
- Up to 78% cheaper than Core i9-10980XE - £259.98 vs £1174.25
- Up to 79% better value when playing Battlefield 1 than Core i9-10980XE - £1.03 vs £4.81 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-10980XE - 105 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 36 vs 24 threads
Battlefield 1
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
253
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.03/FPS
100%
Price, £
£259.98
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
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Intel Core i9-10980XE 2066 Cascade BX, BX8069510980XE
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9-10980XE
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Core i9-10980XE |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Vermeer | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 12 | Cores | 18 |
| 24 | Threads | 36 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Core i9-10980XE
Battlefield 1, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
244 FPS
£6.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,646.4
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201 FPS
£7.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,593.6
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