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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 3900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10940X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 3900X is 104 days older than the more expensive Core i9-10940X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
- Performs up to 2% better in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i9-10940X - 134 vs 131 FPS
- Up to 46% cheaper than Core i9-10940X - $445.0 vs $820.0
- Up to 47% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor than Core i9-10940X - $3.32 vs $6.26 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-10940X - 105 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10940X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 28 vs 24 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
134
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.32/FPS
100%
Price, $
$445
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core, 24-thread unlocked desktop processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler
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Core i9-10940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
FPS
131
97.76119402985076%
Value, $/FPS
$6.26/FPS
53.03514376996805%
Price, $
$820
54%
Intel Core i9-10940X Desktop Processor 14 Cores up to 4.8GHz Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W, BX8069510940X
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Ryzen 9 3900X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-10940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X | vs | Intel Core i9-10940X |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Oct 19th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Matisse | Codename | Cascade Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 12 | Cores | 14 |
| 24 | Threads | 28 |
3.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 165 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
38.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 3900X or Core i9-10940X
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, 1920 x 1080, Epic
77 FPS
$51.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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77 FPS
$38.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$3,000.99
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63 FPS
$28.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 3900X
16 GB, 500 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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