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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9900KS on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 374 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9900KS.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 33% better in Cities: Skylines II than Core i9-9900KS - 56 vs 42 FPS
- Up to 48% cheaper than Core i9-9900KS - $279.0 vs $535.0
- Up to 61% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Core i9-9900KS - $4.98 vs $12.74 per FPS
- Consumes up to 17% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900KS - 105 vs 127 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-9900KS - 24 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900KS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900X doesn't have integrated graphics
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
56
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.98/FPS
100%
Price, $
$279
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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Core i9-9900KS
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019
FPS
42
75%
Value, $/FPS
$12.74/FPS
39.0894819466248%
Price, $
$535
52%
Intel Core i9-9900KS Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.0GHz All-Core Turbo Unlocked LGA1151 Z390 127W
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Updated 348679 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Core i9-9900KS
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9900KS
Desktop • Oct 28th, 2019
Single-Core
1780
81.68884809545663%
Multi-Core
8596
72.33863502482538%
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | vs | Intel Core i9-9900KS |
|---|---|---|
Nov 5th, 2020 | Release Date | Oct 28th, 2019 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 8 |
24 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
105 W | TDP | 127 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 37.0x | Multiplier | 40.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD 630 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900X or Core i9-9900KS
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
22 FPS
$83.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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1 FPS
$1669.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 500 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$1,669.99
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22 FPS
$136.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,999.99
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22 FPS
$140.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$3,099.99
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9 FPS
$208.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,879.99
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22 FPS
$131.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2,899
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9 FPS
$211.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,899.99
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40 FPS
$73.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$2,949
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5 FPS
$280/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$1,399.99
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17 FPS
$123.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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$2,099.99
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