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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900KF on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 667 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900KF.
Advantages of Core i9-9900KF
- Consumes up to 10% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 95 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 17% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i9-9900KF - 472 vs 404 FPS
- Up to 50% cheaper than Core i9-9900KF - £204.00 vs £411.57
- Up to 58% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i9-9900KF - £0.43 vs £1.02 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900KF - 24 vs 16 threads
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel Core i9-9900KF processor (16M cache, up to 5.00 GHz)
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
472
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.43/FPS
100%
Price, £
£204
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-9900KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9900KF | vs | Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
95 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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