AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Intel Core i9 9940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 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 2500X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

1234

Intel Core i9 9940X +7%

1328

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4269

Intel Core i9 9940X +129%

9787

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

971

Intel Core i9 9940X +22%

1189

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

3880

Intel Core i9 9940X +270%

14374

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

2313

Intel Core i9 9940X +12%

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

9465

Intel Core i9 9940X +199%

28355

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Sep 2018

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

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

14

8

Performance Core Threads

28

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

14

8

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

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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