AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 9900KF

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Intel Core i9 9900KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 9900KF 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 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1269

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1260

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9245

Intel Core i9 9900KF +36%

12606

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +1%

1640

Intel Core i9 9900KF

1612

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i9 9900KF +7%

7648

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

155

Intel Core i9 9900KF +20%

187

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1240

Intel Core i9 9900KF +4%

1300

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Intel Core i9 9900KF +25%

8856

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

2565

Intel Core i9 9900KF +14%

2945

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

17685

Intel Core i9 9900KF +4%

18462

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i9 9900KF

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

i9-9900KF

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

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

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

16 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 i9 9900KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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