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Intel Core i9-10900 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-10900

Rank 2 - 98 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 43 %

Intel Core i9-10900

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,354 pts

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,324 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,662

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,724

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

8,972

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

14,637

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

529 cb

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

1,379

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

6,378 cb

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

17,105 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

10,744

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

22,727

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 2.80 GHz

6,781

32C / 64T · 3.70 GHz

21,066

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

10C / 20T · 5.20 GHz

231 cb

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

10C / 20T · 4.60 GHz

2,541 cb

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

7,398 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Castle Peak (Zen 2)
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	TRX4 (sTRX4)
Predecessor	Intel Core i9-9900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Successor	Intel Core i9-11900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 20	32 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	10x	32x
Frequency:	2.80 GHz	3.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.20 GHz	4.50 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.60 GHz	3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		16.00 MB
L3-Cache	20.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Memory	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	2048 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
TDP	65 W	280 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-10900	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q2/2020	Q4/2019
Release price	439 $	1969 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i9-10900 is 4.5 stars (8 ratings), while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has received 2.8 stars (17 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i9-10900
10C / 20T · 2.80 - 5.20 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
32C / 64T · 3.70 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★