AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7 9700KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X with 6 cores 3.8GHz 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 3600X 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +6%

1318

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +4%

9503

Intel Core i7 9700KF

9090

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

1534

Intel Core i7 9700KF +11%

1704

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

6388

Intel Core i7 9700KF +21%

7751

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +4%

1323

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1272

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

7338

Intel Core i7 9700KF +1%

7462

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

2636

Intel Core i7 9700KF +9%

2877

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X +26%

18224

Intel Core i7 9700KF

14360

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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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

Zen 2

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

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

95 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

8

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

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

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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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