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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-9940X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 748 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-9940X.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-9940X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 28 vs 24 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 16% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i9-9940X - 658 vs 565 FPS
- Up to 68% cheaper than Core i9-9940X - $279.0 vs $870.7
- Up to 73% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i9-9940X - $0.42 vs $1.54 per FPS
- Consumes up to 36% less energy than Intel Core i9-9940X - 105 vs 165 Watts
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
565
85.86626139817629%
Value, $/FPS
$1.54/FPS
27.27272727272727%
Price, $
$870.7
32%
Intel Core i9-9940X X-Series Processor 14 Cores up to 4.4GHz Turbo Unlocked LGA2066 X299 Series 165W Processors (999AC9)
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Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
FPS
658
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.42/FPS
100%
Price, $
$279
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-9940X
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Single-Core
1459
66.95731987150069%
Multi-Core
10734
90.33072456450391%
Intel Core i9-9940X | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Skylake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
14 | Cores | 12 |
28 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 165 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-9940X or Ryzen 9 5900X
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
486 FPS
$3.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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318 FPS
$5.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 500 GB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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489 FPS
$6.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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489 FPS
$6.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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399 FPS
$4.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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489 FPS
$5.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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399 FPS
$4.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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587 FPS
$5.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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368 FPS
$3.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
16 GB, 480 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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459 FPS
$4.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 3 TB HDD
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