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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5950X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5950X is 189 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900.
Advantages of Core i9-10900
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5950X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Ryzen 9 5950X
- Performs up to 3% better in Forza Horizon 4 than Core i9-10900 - 326 vs 316 FPS
- Up to 28% cheaper than Core i9-10900 - $345.00 vs $479.99
- Up to 30% better value when playing Forza Horizon 4 than Core i9-10900 - $1.06 vs $1.52 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-10900 - 32 vs 20 threads
Forza Horizon 4
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Intel Core i9-10900 (Base Clock: 2.80GHz; Socket: LGA1200; 65 Watt) Box BX8070110900
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Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
326
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Value, $/FPS
$1.06/FPS
100%
Price, $
$345
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FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-core, 32-thread unlocked desktop processor
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Core i9-10900
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Ryzen 9 5950X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10900 | vs | Ryzen 9 5950X |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 10 | Cores | 16 |
| 20 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i9-10900 or Ryzen 9 5950X
With selected game settings
226 FPS
$5.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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217 FPS
$4.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$899.99
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226 FPS
$6.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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278 FPS
$20.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$5,698
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312 FPS
$9.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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111 FPS
$11.53/FPS
GeForce GT 730
Core i9-10900
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,280
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248 FPS
$11.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5950X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,849
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326 FPS
$15.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB, 4 TB HDD
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202 FPS
$10.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5950X
32 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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157 FPS
$16.24/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 7100
Ryzen 9 5950X
64 GB, 8 TB HDD
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