amd ryzen 9 5900hx vs intel core i9 10850k

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX (Laptop) 8-cores against Intel Core i9 10850K (Desktop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Intel Core i9 10850K
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Consumes up to 64% less energy than the Intel Core i9 10850K – 45 vs 125 Watt
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10850K
  • Newer released 2020 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
15646
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
23199
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
10711

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5900hx and core i9 10850k

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 10850K
Vendor AMD Intel
Released January 7 2021 August 27 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Cezanne H Comet Lake-S
Socket FP6 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Intel UHD Graphics 630

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 10850K
Cores 8 10
Threads 16 20
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 5.1 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 20 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 10850K
Fabrication process 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W 125 W
Max. temperature 105°C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 10850K
Memory types DDR4-4266 DDR4-2933
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 45.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 10850K
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.2 MHz
Shading Units 512 192
TMUs 32 24
ROPs 8 3
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 10850K
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX official page Intel Core i9 10850K official page
PCI Express Version 3 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 10850K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX?