Intel Core i9 9900X vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Mar 2017
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen
Processor Number
i9-9900X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM4
Power Consumption
165 W
95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
92 °C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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4.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
10
8
Performance Core Threads
20
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
10
8
Total Thread Count
20
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
39.74 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,182
963
Cinebench R23
13,994
9,232
Geekbench 6
1,455
1,096
Geekbench 5
1,165
981
Geekbench 6
10,273
5,970
Geekbench 5
10,704
6,696
Passmark CPU
2,565
2,178
Passmark CPU
21,833
16,305
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.