Product Compare

Intel Core i9 9900KS vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme

	CPU Intel Core i9 9900KS	CPU AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2019	Jun 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Processor Number	i9-9900KS
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	Radeon 890M
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	FP8
Power Consumption	127 W	15-35 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	3
Performance Core Threads	16	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	4.0 GHz	2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	5 GHz
Total Core Count	8	8
Total Thread Count	16	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	40x	20
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	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Efficiency Cores		5
Efficiency Core Threads		10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1200 MHz	2900 MHz
Shader Units	192	1024
Texture Units	24	64
Raster Operation Units	3	40
Execution Units	24	16
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	16	16
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1323	1953
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	13343	14572
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1678	2753
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	8751	11860
Passmark CPU Single Core	3029	4074
Passmark CPU Multi Core	19417	24157