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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900X 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 i9-10900X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 12% better in World of Warcraft than Core i9-10900X - 212 vs 189 FPS
- Up to 54% cheaper than Core i9-10900X - £259.98 vs £564.99
- Up to 59% better value when playing World of Warcraft than Core i9-10900X - £1.23 vs £2.99 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 105 vs 165 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-10900X - 24 vs 20 threads
World of Warcraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
CPU Intel Core i9-10900X 2066 Cascade BX
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
212
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.23/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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Maximum
Core i9-10900X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-10900X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i9 Extreme | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Cascade Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 12 |
| 20 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-10900X or Ryzen 9 5900X
World of Warcraft, 1920 x 1080, Maximum
212 FPS
£7.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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191 FPS
£8.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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