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Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i9-10900X

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i9-10900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

3.7 GHz | 6-core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Thermaltake LCGS Glacier 460 AIO Liquid Cooled CPU Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X 6-core, ToughRam DDR4 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi) S3GL-B550-460-LCS

Buy for $1,199.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 169 minutes ago

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Intel Core i9-10900X

3.7 GHz | 10-core

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)

Buy for $615 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 169 minutes ago

FPS Winner

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

3.7 GHz | 6-core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Thermaltake LCGS Glacier 460 AIO Liquid Cooled CPU Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X 6-core, ToughRam DDR4 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi) S3GL-B550-460-LCS

Buy for $1,199.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 169 minutes ago

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Intel Core i9-10900X

3.7 GHz | 10-core

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)

Buy for $615 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 169 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 5 5600X outperforms the cheaper Core i9-10900X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i9-10900X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 5 5600X is 383 days newer than the cheaper Core i9-10900X.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

  • Performs up to 6% better in Overwatch 2 than Core i9-10900X - 377 vs 356 FPS
  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-10900X - 65 vs 165 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900X

  • Up to 49% cheaper than Ryzen 5 5600X - $615.0 vs $1199.99
  • Up to 46% better value when playing Overwatch 2 than Ryzen 5 5600X - $1.73 vs $3.18 per FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 20 vs 12 threads
This is a free version of Overwatch 2.
Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


FPS

377

100%

Value, $/FPS

$3.18/FPS

54%

Price, $

$1199.99

51%

FPS Winner

Thermaltake LCGS Glacier 460 AIO Liquid Cooled CPU Gaming Desktop (AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X 6-core, ToughRam DDR4 3600Mhz 16GB RGB Memory, NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 1TB NVMe M.2, WiFi) S3GL-B550-460-LCS

Buy for $1,199.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 169 minutes ago

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019


FPS

356

94%

Value, $/FPS

$1.73/FPS

100%

Price, $

$615

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i9-10900X Desktop Processor 10 Cores up to 4.7GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W (BX8069510900X)

Buy for $615 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 169 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020


Single-Core

2092

100%

Multi-Core

8659

92%

Intel Core i9-10900X Logo
Core i9-10900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019


Single-Core

1576

75%

Multi-Core

9371

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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Intel Core i9-10900X Logo

Intel Core i9-10900X

Nov 5th, 2020
Release DateOct 19th, 2019
Ryzen 5CollectionCore i9 Extreme
VermeerCodenameCascade Lake
AMD Socket AM4SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
10
12Threads
20
3.7 GHzBase Clock Speed3.7 GHz
4.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.5 GHz
65 W
TDP165 W
7 nm
Process Size14 nm
37.0xMultiplier37.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

Builds Using Ryzen 5 5600X or Core i9-10900X

Overwatch 2, 1920 x 1080, Epic

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