Intel Core i9 9900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2019
Jul 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 2 (Matisse)
Processor Number
i9-9900KF
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM4
Power Consumption
95 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95°C
Transistor Count
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3.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
8
12
Total Thread Count
16
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
38x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,260
1,350
Cinebench R23
12,606
18,437
Geekbench 6
1,612
1,763
Geekbench 5
1,300
1,311
Geekbench 6
7,648
11,025
Geekbench 5
8,856
12,279
Passmark CPU
2,945
2,769
Passmark CPU
18,462
32,856
Blender
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261
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.