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AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Cpu
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AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper 1920X Cpu
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Intel Core i9 9900 Cpu
Intel Core i9 9900
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Intel Core i9 9900K Cpu
Intel Core i9 9900K
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Threadripper 1920X sports 12 fed by 38MB of cache, quad-channel memory, and 64 PCIe lanes - all for $800, compared to Intel’s $1000 Core i9-7900X.Read more
At $799, AMD's 12-core Threadripper chip skips along ahead of Intel's competing $999 Core i9 on core-happy computing tasks, while costing a couple of hundred bucks less. Just factor in the high cost of motherboards and cooling into your build budget.Read more
AMD lays claim to the fastest consumer CPU on the planet, outside of games.Read more
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A new price cut helps consolidate the Intel Core i9-9900K as the go-to powerhouse processor for gaming and creative tasksRead more
The Intel Core i9-9900KS adds a booster rocket to one of the fastest gaming processors out there, but at a cost that most gamers don't need to pay to get the most out of their machines.Read more
More cores, higher frequencies, and performance-boosting Solder TIM place the Core i9-9900K ahead of the pack. Just be prepared to pay for it.Read more
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General

Processor socketAM4TR4LGA 1151LGA 1151
Component forPCServer/Workstation
N/A
PC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit
N/A
64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.9 GHz3.5 GHz3.1 GHz3.6 GHz
Max turbo speed4.5 GHz4.0 GHz5.0 GHz5.0 GHz
Number of cores81288
Number of threads16241616
Thermal Design Power (TDP)105.0 W180.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
N/A
DMI3
Idle states
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Memory

Cache32 MB32 MB16 MB16 MB
Cache typeL3L3
N/A
Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor3200.0 MHz2667.0 MHz
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2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
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DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualQuad
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Dual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
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64.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
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41.6 GB/s

Features

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16641616
Supported instruction sets
N/A
AES
N/A
  • AVX 2.0
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Execute disable bit
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Scalability
N/A
N/A
N/A
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