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Intel Core i9 9900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

41 out of 100
Intel Core i9 9900K
VS
51 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Intel Core i9 9900K
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

We compared two 8-core desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K against the 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
11.7
(Bad)
Value Index
54.5
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5700X and 9900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 3 years and 6 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2166 vs 1621 points
  • Around 9.6 GB/s (23%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 9900K
vs
Ryzen 7 5700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 477
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3191
Cinebench Scores (#200th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i9 9900K
1621
Ryzen 7 5700X +34%
2166
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
8151
Ryzen 7 5700X +27%
10313
File compression 545.7 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 78.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 175.1 pages/sec 209.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 275.6 Mpixels/sec 307.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 159 pages/sec 217.9 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 41.4 images/sec
Photo processing 68.6 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 18.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 610 & 637 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i9 9900K
2911
Ryzen 7 5700X +16%
3386
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
18059
Ryzen 7 5700X +47%
26561
Integer math 66.1 GOps/sec 92.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41 GOps/sec 51.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 117M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 33.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 20.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 282.6 MBytes/sec 323.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 929 Frames/sec 1325 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 21.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17571 & 21736 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 9900K
178.22
Ryzen 7 5700X +15%
205.55

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.4 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85.8 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 190.1 PPW 408.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.88 PPW 3.16 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 9900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Mr Scare)Cinebench 202479 / 662
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-09 (EndOfTheWorld77)Cinebench 202478 / 591
πŸ“˜ 2024-03-28 (Gribbstar)Cinebench 202479 / 706
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Batti)Cinebench 20261525 / 14346
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekbench 6 CPU2275 / 10804
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (kcb2)Cinebench 2026477 / 3191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (DrDimebadger)Cinebench 202692 / 771
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Max_Max_In)Geekbench 6 CPU2308 / 11861
Add View all (25)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9900K and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 8, 2018 March 15, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i9-9900K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - Intel Core i7 12700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#108th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 34x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 95 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1151 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (145th and 104th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz -
Shading Units 192 -
TMUs 24 -
ROPs 3 -
Execution Units 24 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 9900K
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5700X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 9900K official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700X official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 24

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Comments

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