Intel Core i9-11900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-11900K CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i9-11900K AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i9-11900K has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.30 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-11900K was released in Q1/2021.

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X was released in Q4/2020.
Intel Core i9 Family AMD Ryzen 9
Intel Core i 11000 CPU group AMD Ryzen 5000
11 Generation 4
Rocket Lake S Architecture Vermeer (Zen 3)
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i9-10900K Predecessor AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Intel Core i9-12900K Successor AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has %%kerne%% CPU cores and can calculate %%threads%% threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is %%core_freq_1%%. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

8 Cores 12
16 Threads 24
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? Yes
3.50 GHz Frequency 3.70 GHz
5.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.80 GHz
4.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.50 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X uses the %%gpu_name%%, which has %%gpu_shader%% texture shaders and %%gpu_eus%% execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 750 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency
1.30 GHz GPU (Turbo)
12 GPU Generation
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
32 Execution units
256 Shader
64 GB Max. GPU Memory
12 DirectX Version

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to %%memory_max%% memory in %%memory_channels%% memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is %%memory_bandwidth%%. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-3200
128 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
4.00 MB L2 Cache 6.00 MB
16.00 MB L3 Cache 64.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 4.0
20 PCIe lanes 20

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is %%tdp%%. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 105 W
251 W @ 56 s TDP (PL2) 142 W
-- TDP up --
95 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-11900K or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is made in %%fertigung%%. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has %%cache%% cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1200 Socket AM4 (LGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2020
539 $ Release price 549 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1686 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1636 (97%)
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
16211 (74%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
21878 (100%)
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
650 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
637 (98%)
Show all Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
6187 (73%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
8491 (100%)
Show all Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
2491 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
2138 (86%)
Show all Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
12679 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
12637 (100%)
Show all Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) results



Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
1878 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1727 (92%)
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) results



Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
11645 (80%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
14515 (100%)
Show all Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) results



iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
Intel UHD Graphics 750 @ 1.30 GHz
666 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Show all iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS) results



Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
243 (79%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
308 (100%)
Show all Blender 3.1 Benchmark results



Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
28465 (72%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
39564 (100%)
Show all Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark results



CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
676 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
647 (96%)
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core) results



CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
6539 (69%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
9520 (100%)
Show all CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core) results



Monero Hashrate kH/s

The crypto currency Monero has been using the RandomX algorithm since November 2019. This PoW (proof of work) algorithm can only efficiently be calculated using a processor (CPU) or a graphics card (GPU). The CryptoNight algorithm was used for Monero until November 2019, but it could be calculated using ASICs. RandomX benefits from a high number of CPU cores, cache and a fast connection of the memory via as many memory channels as possible. Tested with XMRig v6.x under the operation system HiveOS.

To trade Monero you can register with the crypto broker Kraken.com. We've been customers there for a few years now and have been very satisfied so far.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
7.25 (50%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
14.5 (100%)
Show all Monero Hashrate kH/s results



V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark

V-Ray is a 3D rendering software from the manufacturer Chaos for designers and artists. Unlike many other render engines, V-Ray is capable of so-called hybrid rendering, in which the CPU and GPU work together at the same time.

However, the CPU benchmark we used (CPU Render Mode) only uses the system's processor. The working memory used plays a major role in the V-Ray benchmark. For our benchmarks we use the fastest RAM standard approved by the manufacturer (without overclocking).

Due to the high compatibility of V-Ray (including Autodesk 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Unreal Engine and Blender), it is a frequently used software. With V-Ray, for example, photorealistic images can be rendered that laypeople cannot distinguish from normal photos.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz
11170 (69%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 3.70 GHz
16240 (100%)
Show all V-Ray CPU-Render Benchmark results



Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
262 (97%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
270 (100%)
Show all Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) results



Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
2515 (68%)
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
3684 (100%)
Show all Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) results



Devices using this processor

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VS Description of the processor

the CPU comparison between the Intel Core i9-11900K and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X shows a slightly higher raw IPC performance on the side of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. However, due to the higher single-core clock of the Intel Core i9-11900K, Intel can neutralize this disadvantage and so both desktop processors are about the same in single-core benchmarks.

If applications or benchmarks can use all CPU cores of the processors, Intel's 11th generation Core i9 only sees the rear lights of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. This can set itself apart from the Intel Core i9 by between 25 and 30%, which is due to the significantly higher number of cores of 12 (24 threads) compared to only 8 (16 threads) of the i9.

Actually, Intel wanted to manufacture the "Rocket Lake S" processors with a new architecture in 10 nm. Presumably due to delivery or production problems, Intel has decided to implement a backport to the tried and tested, but outdated 14 nm production. This is probably the reason why Intel has given the "Rocket Lake S" processors a maximum of 8 CPU cores.

AMD has more room here and can implement up to 16 CPU cores on the AM4 socket. The successor socket should even come with twice the number of CPU cores. New in the Intel Core i9-11900K is the support of PCIe 4.0, which AMD has supported since the previous generation (Ryzen 3xxx). This allows new M.2 SSDs to be connected to the system very quickly. Transfer rates of 7.5 GB / s are possible via four PCIe 4.0 lines.

Both CPUs support 128 GB of RAM of the DDR4-3200 type in two memory channels and achieve transfer rates of approx. 55-60 GB per second. If you want to use faster memory, you can do so with both processors. Intel uses the so-called XMP overclocking profiles that AMD uses with D.O.C.P. similarly supported. Manual overclocking is of course also possible. Both processors manage up to DDR4-3600 without any problems.

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