Product Compare

Intel Core i9 9900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

	CPU Intel Core i9 9900K	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2018	Mar 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number	i9-9900K	9950X3D
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Radeon Graphics
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series		Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	AM5
Power Consumption	95 W	170 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Transistor Count		16.6 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		230 W
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	16
Performance Core Threads	16	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.6 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	5.7 GHz
Total Core Count	8	16
Total Thread Count	16	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	36x	43
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	16 MB shared	128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	128 GB	192 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1200 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	192	128
Texture Units	24	8
Raster Operation Units	3	4
Execution Units	24	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	28
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1333	2240
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	12496	42369
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1665	3473
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6395	22539
Blender	210	808
Passmark CPU Single Core	2945	4731
Passmark CPU Multi Core	18381	70009