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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 562 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 2% better in Stray than Core i9-9900 - 188 vs 185 FPS
- Up to 53% cheaper than Core i9-9900 - £259.98 vs £558.88
- Up to 54% better value when playing Stray than Core i9-9900 - £1.38 vs £3.02 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900 - 24 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Stray
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
188
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.38/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 i9-9900 3.1GHz LGA1151 Box
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9-9900
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Core i9-9900 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Apr 23rd, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 8 |
24 | Threads | 16 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.1 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 31.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Core i9-9900
Stray, 1920 x 1080, High
177 FPS
£9.3/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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144 FPS
£11.07/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,593.6
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