AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i9 10900X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 with 6 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i9 10900X with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10900X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

895

Intel Core i9 10900X +27%

1143

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

6248

Intel Core i9 10900X +128%

14275

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

1144

Intel Core i9 10900X +36%

1566

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

5129

Intel Core i9 10900X +81%

9308

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

924

Intel Core i9 10900X +22%

1133

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

5065

Intel Core i9 10900X +112%

10786

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

2060

Intel Core i9 10900X +29%

2664

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

12279

Intel Core i9 10900X +82%

22469

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

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Intel Core i9 10900X

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

20

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

37x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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