AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i9-10900X

Processor comparisons   23-03-2021
   Perhaps you can't decide which processor to buy, you can make a choice by looking at the AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i9-10900X tests and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here you can find all information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint testing in special testing software like Gears 5, Furmark, MATLAB, Dolphin Emulator, Blender, 3DMark, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), RealBench, SuperPi, WPrime, AIDA64, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Handbrake, PassMark, UserBenchmark, 7zip, VeraCrypt, PCMark 10, Prime95, Blender.
   Gaming performance of CPUs in:

Watch Dogs Legion
Death Stranding
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Grand Theft Auto V
Fallout 76
Valheim
Red Dead Redemption 2
DOOM: Eternal
Cyberpunk 2077
Fortnite
Borderlands 3
Last Man Standing
Overwatch
Valorant
Apex Legends
Rainbow Six Siege
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Halo Infinite
Assassin's Creed Valhalla

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i9-10900X or AMD Ryzen 7 5700U.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 7 5700U

56%

Core i9-10900X

56%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 7 5700U

53%

Core i9-10900X

57%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which CPU comparisons were performed: Metro Exodus, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, DOTA 2A, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Monster Hunter World, Battlefield V, League of Legends (LOL), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K20, Forza Horizon 4, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghostrunner, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	94.8	100.7
Valorant	107.7	114.4
Cyberpunk 2077	60.3	64.1
Apex Legends	101.3	107.5
Call of Duty Warzone	80.8	85.8
Overwatch	87.3	92.7
Red Dead Redemption 2	74.3	78.9
DOOM Eternal	53.9	57.2
Warzone	84.0	89.2
Assassin's Creed	90.5	96.1
Valheim	89.4	95.0

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers that were in the comparisons not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 7 5700U

254%

Core i9-10900X

24%

To make a final decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. It is clear that the newer the generation, the better the performance of the processor in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 5700U is more energy efficient than the Core i9-10900X since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 165W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U	Intel Core i9-10900X
Cinbench 15 Single-core	200	198
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1931	2358
Cinbench 20 Single-core	464	523
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4231	6165
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1153	1143
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	11775	14301

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U	Intel Core i9-10900X
Single-Core	2572	2745
Multi-Core	21287	22786

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U	Intel Core i9-10900X
Single-Core	1145	1237
Multi-Core	6670	12434

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. If the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS in new games. The economy are obvious! It turns out that there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 7 5700U	Intel Core i9-10900X
Announcement date	January 12, 2021	October 01, 2019
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Socket	FP6	FCLGA2066
Core name	Lucienne	Cascade Lake
Architecture	Zen 2	x86
Generation	3	10
Turbo Frequency	4.3 MHz	4.5 MHz
Frequency	1.8 MHz	3.7 MHz
Cores	8	10
Threads	16	20
Bus rate		8 GT/s DMI3
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	6200 millions	9200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	165 W
Memory type	DDR4 - Up to 3200MHz	DDR4-2933
Max. Memory		256 Gb
Memory Frequency	3200
Memory bandwidth		94 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache	4MB
L3 cache	8MB	19.25 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000371

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i9-10900X is 51% better than Ryzen 7 5700U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i9-10900X has 2 more core than Ryzen 7 5700U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 5700U is better: 8
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i9-10900X is better: 28
However, it should be understood that all the figures in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the opinion of real owners of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U and Intel Core i9-10900X before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 7 5700U specs and review.

Intel Core i9-10900X - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i9-10900X specs and review.