AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i9 10900F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i9 10900F with 10 cores 2.8GHz . 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

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

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Intel Core i9 10900F 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

1318

Intel Core i9 10900F +1%

1341

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

9503

Intel Core i9 10900F +12%

10677

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

1534

Intel Core i9 10900F +15%

1774

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

6388

Intel Core i9 10900F +49%

9566

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

1323

Intel Core i9 10900F

1322

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

7338

Intel Core i9 10900F +38%

10172

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

2636

Intel Core i9 10900F +15%

3055

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

18224

Intel Core i9 10900F +12%

20453

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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Intel Core i9 10900F

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

20

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

28x

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

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900F

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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