AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 10980XE

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)

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 3600 +20%

1281

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1067

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9354

Intel Core i9 10980XE +129%

21450

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +7%

1640

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1523

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i9 10980XE +56%

11069

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

156

Intel Core i9 10980XE +84%

288

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1240

Intel Core i9 10980XE

1240

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Intel Core i9 10980XE +142%

17131

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

2565

Intel Core i9 10980XE +3%

2646

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

17685

Intel Core i9 10980XE +85%

32881

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i9 10980XE

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

i9-10980XE

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

18

12

Performance Core Threads

36

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

18

12

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

30x

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

25 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 10980XE

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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