Is AMD Ryzen 9 better than i9?

Here, at least on pure specs, the Ryzen 9 3900X wins hands down. It comes with support for 3,200MHz DDR4 memory and a whopping 70MB L3 cache on the die. The Core i9-9900K has lower peak official memory-speed support (2,666MHz) and a much smaller 16MB of L3 cache.
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Is Ryzen 9 better than i9 for gaming?

The Ryzen 9 5900X was roughly 40% faster than the Core i9-10900K in the multi-core run, if just 5% faster in single-core. This is still impressive, though, considering that the 5900X has to make room for two more cores than the Core i9-10900K and still manages to outpace it in single-core content work.
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Is Ryzen 9 as good as i9?

In our review, we found that the Intel Core i9-12900K is about 21% faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X in single core workloads, particularly Cinebench.
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Is Ryzen 9 better than i9 12th Gen?

In terms of performance, these two CPUs are quite closely matched. The Ryzen 9 5950X has 16 standard multi-threaded cores with a base clock of 3.4GHz and a boost up to 4.9GHz. It is overclockable, and it has a baseline 105W TDP. That's quite a bit lower than the Core i9-12900K's 125W base TDP.
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Is Ryzen 9 better than i9 11th?

Intel's Core i9-11900K suffers at the hands of its reduced core count, and even the previous-gen ten-core Core i9-10900K even beats it in several workloads. With a 27% advantage in threaded workloads, the Ryzen 9 5900X easily gets the nod for threaded productivity applications.
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There's A New King - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel i9-10900K



Is Ryzen 9 good for gaming?

Best answer: Yes, the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is an excellent choice for gaming, if a bit pricey. Its 12 cores might be a little overkill for gaming, but its raw processing speed puts it at the top against any and all competition.
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Is Ryzen 9 better than i7?

In our cumulative measurement, the 12-core 24-thread Core i7-12700K is 2.5% faster than the 12-core 24-thread Ryzen 9 5900X in threaded work. It's also 40% faster than the Ryzen 7 5800X. The generational uplift is impressive, too.
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Is Ryzen better than Intel?

At their debut, the Ryzen 5000 series were the highest-performing chips on the market and beat Intel in every metric that matters, including gaming, application performance, power consumption, and thermals. Intel now has the edge with the Alder Lake chips.
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Which is better Ryzen 9 5950X or i9?

Overall, there's little contest to be shown here; overwhelmingly, the Intel Core i9-12900K, with its 16 available cores and 24 available threads, was able to beat out the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X's 32 threads in almost every content-creation task we threw its way. And that's without Thread Director in play.
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Is Ryzen 9 the latest?

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X brings the biggest gen-on-gen jump in a single performance in years, making it a terrific upgrade. This latest release from AMD is not just a stronger processor across the board. It's also an incredibly powerful processor for gaming and creative work full stop.
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Is Ryzen 9 5900X better than i9 12th Gen?

AMD's Ryzen 9 5900X Beats the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K in Epic's Unreal Engine w/ DDR4 Memory. Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake processors launched a while back, promising top-of-the-line gaming, and leading multi-threaded performance with support for DDR5 memory and PCIe Gen 5 interface.
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Which Ryzen 9 is the best?

The best Ryzen CPU for gaming is the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. The 5900X's 12 Zen 3 cores and 24 threads are enough to take on even the most demanding of videogames, and its specs make it great for production workloads too.
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Is i9 the best processor?

Intel and AMD are back in a battle of processors, with Intel's Core i9 as the fastest consumer desktop processor ever. The Core i9 is Intel's fastest consumer processor yet.
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Which is better i9-12900K or Ryzen 9 5950X?

Intel's Core i9-12900K was able to beat Ryzen 9 5950X in almost all the content creation workloads. The performance difference ended up being much higher in some cases, while it was just a near blowout in others.
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Is the Ryzen 9 5900X worth it?

Because the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X features such a huge jump in single-core performance over the Ryzen 9 3900X, it's genuinely worth the upgrade, especially if one of the main things you're doing with your PC is playing PC games.
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Is the 5950X good for gaming?

The Ryzen 9 5950X remains one of the best CPUs for gaming, and it's especially adept at productivity tasks due to its solid multi-threaded performance. The processor comes with a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a maximum boost frequency of 4.9 GHz.
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Why is AMD cheaper than Intel?

Same Chip Design Process For Processors

As a result, the R / D costs for AMD are lower and much cheaper due to less manufacturing design. On the other hand, Intel will create a number of different architecture configurations. They invest more in R/D design, production, etc. Therefore.
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Which AMD is equivalent to i7?

Essentially, the AMD equivalent to Core i7 are the AMD Ryzen 7 processors. This is a family of generally high-performance CPUs that pack a lot of power, delivering up to 8 cores and 16 threads with copious amounts of clock speeds and overclocking capabilities.
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Is AMD better for gaming?

AMD's APUs are the best processors to drop into your rig if you're not going to use a discrete graphics card, but still want a modicum of gaming performance out of your system. And the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G is the best of the latest Zen 3 based chips to deliver that.
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Is the 12700F good for gaming?

The Core i7-12700F performs admirably across the board beating the Ryzen 9 5900X in every game we tested. The deltas are within the margin of error in most titles but get quite noticeable in ray-traced games.
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Is 12700K better than 5800X?

When boosted, the Core i7-12700K's P-cores can hit a boost clock speed of 4.7GHz, while the Ryzen 7 5800X also fires back a max boost clock of 4.7GHz. It helps the Core i7-12700K that it supports Turbo Boost Max 3.0 to hit the 5.0GHz barrier in certain cores for single-threaded tasks.
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Which is better i7 or Ryzen 7?

The Intel Core i7 beats AMD Ryzen 7, and in fact, even the Ryzen 5 beats it on saving battery power. However, if you were doing something processor-heavy, then the amount of battery power used will sort of even out. The Intel Core i7 will still have a slight edge, but not by much.
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What is better than i9 9900K?

Here, at least on pure specs, the Ryzen 9 3900X wins hands down. It comes with support for 3,200MHz DDR4 memory and a whopping 70MB L3 cache on the die. The Core i9-9900K has lower peak official memory-speed support (2,666MHz) and a much smaller 16MB of L3 cache.
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What generation is Ryzen 9?

AMD's third-gen Ryzen 9 CPU is a 12-core powerhouse for $499.
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