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Core i9-9900X vs Ryzen 9 5900X

Core i9-9900X vs Ryzen 9 5900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms Core i9-9900X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 748 days newer than Core i9-9900X.

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900X

  • Performs up to 10% better in Lost Ark than Core i9-9900X - 285 vs 260 FPS
  • Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900X - 105 vs 165 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900X - 24 vs 20 threads
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Lost Ark

Lost Ark

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

260

91%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

285

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.72/FPS

100%

Price, £

£204

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processor

Buy for £204 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 59 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1488

68%

Multi-Core

9516

80%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2179

100%

Multi-Core

11883

100%

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo

Core i9-9900X

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo

Ryzen 9 5900X

Oct 19th, 2018Release Date
Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9CollectionRyzen 9
SkylakeCodenameVermeer
Intel Socket 2066SocketAMD Socket AM4
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
10Cores
12
20Threads
24
3.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
165 WTDP
105 W
14 nmProcess Size
7 nm
35.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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