AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Intel Core i9 10940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X 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 3600 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +2%

1269

Intel Core i9 10940X

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9245

Intel Core i9 10940X +130%

21309

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +11%

1640

Intel Core i9 10940X

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i9 10940X +59%

11287

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +8%

1240

Intel Core i9 10940X

1144

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Intel Core i9 10940X +91%

13573

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

2565

Intel Core i9 10940X +4%

2686

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

17685

Intel Core i9 10940X +57%

27907

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10940X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

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

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

14

12

Performance Core Threads

28

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

33x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10940X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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