Intel Core i7-9800X vs AMD PRO A10-8850B

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-9800X and AMD PRO A10-8850B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9800X

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 72.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2572 vs 1611
  • 4.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18090 vs 3752
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 72.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2572 vs 1611
PassMark - CPU mark 18090 vs 3752

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A10-8850B

  • Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 165 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i7-9800X
CPU 2: AMD PRO A10-8850B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2572
1611
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
18090
3752
Name Intel Core i7-9800X AMD PRO A10-8850B
PassMark - Single thread mark 2572 1611
PassMark - CPU mark 18090 3752
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1185
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9409
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 9740
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 17.822
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 221.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 25.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 94.575

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i7-9800X AMD PRO A10-8850B

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake
Launch date Q4'18
Place in performance rating 878 888
Processor Number i7-9800X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors AMD PRO A-Series A10 APU for Desktops
Status Launched
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray AD885BXBI44JC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 3.80 GHz 3.9 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 72.40°C
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 16 4
Compute Cores 12
L2 cache 4 MB
Number of GPU cores 8
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FCLGA2066 FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt 95 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 44
PCI Express revision 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 512
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan