AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i9 9940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 9940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

930

Intel Core i9 9940X +32%

1228

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

6409

Intel Core i9 9940X +139%

15351

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1039

Intel Core i9 9940X +27%

1328

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4315

Intel Core i9 9940X +126%

9787

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

988

Intel Core i9 9940X +20%

1189

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

5881

Intel Core i9 9940X +144%

14374

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

2197

Intel Core i9 9940X +18%

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

13019

Intel Core i9 9940X +117%

28355

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9940X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

14

12

Performance Core Threads

28

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

33x

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

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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