Core i9 10900K vs. Ryzen 9 3900X/3950X Performance Per Dollar
Tests for a future article on Phoronix by Michael Larabel.
Core i9 10900K
Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2060/875MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20200519, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.4 (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,gm2 --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0xc8
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.18rc1 + Python 3.8.2
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of Split huge pages + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Ryzen 9 3900X
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2060/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,gm2 --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8701013
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.18rc1 + Python 3.8.2
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Ryzen 9 3950X
Changed Processor to AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads).
7-Zip Compression
ACES DGEMM
Aircrack-ng
Algebraic Multi-Grid Benchmark
AOBench
AOM AV1
Appleseed
ASKAP
asmFish
Basemark GPU
Basis Universal
BLAKE2
Blender
Bork File Encrypter
Botan
BRL-CAD
Build2
Bullet Physics Engine
C-Blosc
C-Ray
CacheBench
Core-Latency
Coremark
CP2K Molecular Dynamics
Cpuminer-Opt
Crypto++
ctx_clock
Cython benchmark
DaCapo Benchmark
dav1d
DeepSpeech
ebizzy
Embree
ET: Legacy
Facebook RocksDB
FFmpeg
FFTW
Fhourstones
FLAC Audio Encoding
G'MIC
GEGL
GIMP
Git
GnuPG
Go Benchmarks
GraphicsMagick
GROMACS
Gzip Compression
Hackbench
Hierarchical INTegration
High Performance Conjugate Gradient
Himeno Benchmark
IndigoBench
Intel Open Image Denoise
IOR
IPC_benchmark
Java Gradle Build
Java SciMark
John The Ripper
LAME MP3 Encoding
LeelaChessZero
libgav1
libjpeg-turbo tjbench
LibreOffice
LULESH
LuxCoreRender
lzbench
m-queens
Minion
Mlpack Benchmark
Multichase Pointer Chaser
N-Queens
NAMD
NAS Parallel Benchmarks
NeatBench
Nebular Empirical Analysis Tool
Nettle
Numenta Anomaly Benchmark
Numpy Benchmark
NWChem
oneDNN MKL-DNN
OpenSSL
OpenVKL
Optcarrot
OSBench
Parallel BZIP2 Compression
ParaView
Parboil
Pennant
Perl Benchmarks
PlaidML
Polyhedron Fortran Benchmarks
Primesieve
PyBench
PyPerformance
Radiance Benchmark
RawTherapee
rays1bench
Redis
Renaissance
Rodinia
Scikit-Learn
Selenium
Smallpt
Sockperf
SQLite Speedtest
Stockfish
Stress-NG
Swet
Sysbench
Tachyon
Tesseract
Timed Apache Compilation
Timed FFmpeg Compilation
Timed GCC Compilation
Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation
Timed HMMer Search
Timed ImageMagick Compilation
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation
Timed LLVM Compilation
Timed MPlayer Compilation
Timed MrBayes Analysis
Timed PHP Compilation
toyBrot Fractal Generator
TSCP
TTSIOD 3D Renderer
Tungsten Renderer
Unigine Heaven
Unigine Superposition
Unigine Valley
VP9 libvpx Encoding
x264
x265
Xonotic
Xsbench
XZ Compression
YafaRay
Zstd Compression
Core i9 10900K
Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2060/875MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20200519, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.4 (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,gm2 --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0xc8
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.18rc1 + Python 3.8.2
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: KVM: Mitigation of Split huge pages + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Enhanced IBRS IBPB: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 20 May 2020 11:01 by user pts.
Ryzen 9 3900X
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2060/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20200519, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.4 (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,gm2 --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8701013
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.18rc1 + Python 3.8.2
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 26 May 2020 14:01 by user pts.
Ryzen 9 3950X
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 8GB (2060/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20200519, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.4 (LLVM 9.0.1), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Compiler Notes: --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++,gm2 --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none,hsa --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib=auto --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v
Disk Notes: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8701013
Graphics Notes: GLAMOR
Java Notes: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-3ubuntu1)
Python Notes: Python 2.7.18rc1 + Python 3.8.2
Security Notes: itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: conditional RSB filling + tsx_async_abort: Not affected
Testing initiated at 22 May 2020 12:41 by user pts.