AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7 9700KF

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Intel Core i7 9700KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 9700KF with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +2%

1269

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +1%

9245

Intel Core i7 9700KF

9090

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1640

Intel Core i7 9700KF +3%

1704

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i7 9700KF +9%

7751

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +55%

155

Intel Core i7 9700KF

100

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1240

Intel Core i7 9700KF +2%

1272

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Intel Core i7 9700KF +5%

7462

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

2565

Intel Core i7 9700KF +12%

2877

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +23%

17685

Intel Core i7 9700KF

14360

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i7 9700KF

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

8

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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