AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i9 10980XE

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Intel Core i9 10980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 10980XE with 18 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10980XE 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +9%

1166

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1063

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

Intel Core i9 10980XE +270%

24899

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +8%

1650

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1523

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i9 10980XE +69%

11069

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i9 10980XE

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10980XE

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

18

-

Performance Core Threads

36

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

18

6

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

30x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

-

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10980XE

4

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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