AMD Ryzen 3900x or Intel 9900ks ?

Lexx2k

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I am trying to pick the damn CPU and board for upgrade, but reading all the materials i didn't come closer to conclusion.

Motheboards are practically same, MSI Godlike either X570 or Z390, the disadvantage of intel is lack of WiFi 6 and some newer features. CPU of Gen 9 is simply older, no native PCI-E 4, mainly important for SSD such as Gigabyte Auros NVme SSD, that can pull 5000 read and 4500 write speeds. X570 supports up to 4800 OC DDR4/Intel 4600 DDR4, but it's useless to get memory above 3600 anyway.

AMD 3900x has 12 physical cores and 24 logical at most 4.6 ghz boost, but most likely not all of the 12 cores can work at this friquency, more cores is better for future? Also possible that no one is going to support that amount of cores. Question is even if all the cores is used what will be the friquency.

All of the Intel 9900ks cores can work at 5ghz boosted. Some overcloked to 5.2ghz. 8 cores and 16 logical. But people talking about that 9900 lasting at most 3-4 years and droping maximum friquency due to burned out cores from constantly working on the extreme levels.
Also Z390 and Intel 9900ks does not offer Wi-Fi 6 which i do have latest Asus router for.

Basically disregarding AMD having around 1 to 3% less fps than Intel in games, intel 9900k cannot beat non gaming software, such as rendering, decompressing and web. So basically it seems to me, as i do some 3d sometimes, that 12 cores, that lose a little bit in games FPS, has much more to offer for the price than Intel, perfect all round CPU compared to gaming only 9900ks.

I know all the Holy wars and i love intel kind of stuff, i also like intel, but AMD has more reasonable offer, seems like.

Anyone has any opinion on this matter? Or Just wait for 3950X that already got release date finally, 16 cores 32 logical up to 4.7ghz boost.
 

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Yeah I'm in the same boat. Rumor is the 109900k is about to be announced. May be worth waiting if you haven't already pulled the trigger.
 

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I love my AMD Rig. I'd been Intel for the last decade, but made the swap as I was due to upgrade and the timing seemed right for AMD. 3900X, X570 Creation, 32GB GSkills Trident Z, RTX 2080TI 2x 970 Pro... it rips man, don't be worried to make the change.
 

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Yeah I'm in the same boat. Rumor is the 109900k is about to be announced. May be worth waiting if you haven't already pulled the trigger.

The Comet Lake 10th gen CPU from Intel:
Core SKUCores / ThreadsBase Clock (GHz)Single Core Turboo (GHz)Thermal Velocity Boost 1C/8C (GHz)Max Turbo 3.0 (GHz)All Core Turbo (GHz)TDP (W)
i9-10900K10/203.75.15.3/4.95.24.8125
i9-1090010/202.85.05.1/4.65.14.565
i7-10700K8/163.84.75.14.7125
i7-107008/162.94.84.84.665
i5-10600K6/124.14.84.5125
i5-106006/123.34.84.465
i5-105006/123.14.54.265
i5-104006/122.94.34.065
i3-103204/83.84.64.465
i3-103004/83.74.44.265
i3-101004/83.64.34.165


So I am thinking a 10900K in a large closed loop (think water cooled) system maybe can run all cores at 5.0GHZ all day long. I hope I hope.

I knew it was a good idea to include 2 580MM rads in my project build.
 

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Today, there is really only 1 question that decides overall. What resolution are you playing at? 1440p and up AMD is the better option in nearly every way. If you're gaming at 1080p, you might see a 2-5% decrease if fps which is basically irrelevant. I personally have no plans to buy intel again. Not with how AMD is continuously improving and advancing their tech. Since you mentioned that you do some 3d rendering, AMD is 100% the better option. As well, I'd personally do some youtube research at the trusted sites (Gamers nexus, LTT, etc). You'll see that Intel is barely keeping their head above water nowadays.
 
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Yeah for me it's really down to the performance / cost. If I can get an AMD chip that performs like an i9 at i7 prices, then it's a no-brainer to me.
 
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