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Intel Core i9 9900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

41 out of 100
Intel Core i9 9900K
VS
81 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Intel Core i9 9900K
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i9 9900K with 8-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16-cores. 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
11.7
(Bad)
Value Index
27.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7950X3D and 9900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 9900K
  • More than 11Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
  • Has 112 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 4 years and 4 months later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Around 41.6 GB/s (100%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 85% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3003 vs 1621 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) integrated graphics: 0.6 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 9900K
vs
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#26th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
8151
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +134%
19043
File compression 545.7 MB/sec 1550 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 228.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 175.1 pages/sec 353.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 275.6 Mpixels/sec 482.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 159 pages/sec 303.7 pages/sec
Background blur 40.4 images/sec 68.3 images/sec
Photo processing 68.6 images/sec 117.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 54.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 610 & 562 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 9900K
18059
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +245%
62301
Integer math 66.1 GOps/sec 213.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41 GOps/sec 130.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 492M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.1M Strings/sec 93.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 47 GBytes/sec
Data compression 282.6 MBytes/sec 783.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 929 Frames/sec 5047 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 58.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 17571 & 6573 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 9900K
178.22
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +203%
539.45

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.4 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 85.8 PPW 158.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 190.1 PPW 519.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.88 PPW 4.5 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 9 7950X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-03 (TheDude)Cinebench 2024109 / 1803
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-23 (HermesGrey)Geekbench 6 CPU2723 / 17081
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-28 (JenXay)Cinebench 2024117 / 2062
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-08 (Jacob Newman)Cinebench 2024113 / 1958
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-19 (Ph1ps)Cinebench 2024111 / 2735
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 9900K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 8, 2018 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i9-9900K 7950X3D
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - Intel Core i9 13900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#12th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 16 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 16 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 42x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 128MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 95 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 162 W
Socket LGA-1151 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (145th and 23rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 192 128
TMUs 24 8
ROPs 3 4
Execution Units 24 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 9900K
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7950X3D +20%
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 9900K official page AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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