AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7 9800X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 9800X with 8 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 17MB)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Intel Core i7 9800X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +5%

1324

Intel Core i7 9800X

1251

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

9770

Intel Core i7 9800X +32%

12945

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +34%

1767

Intel Core i7 9800X

1314

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7554

Intel Core i7 9800X +5%

7991

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +9%

1339

Intel Core i7 9800X

1225

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7577

Intel Core i7 9800X +27%

9648

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +6%

2740

Intel Core i7 9800X

2573

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +2%

18504

Intel Core i7 9800X

18121

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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Intel Core i7 9800X

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Oct 2018

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2 (Matisse)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-9800X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

95 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

38x

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

17 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

4

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9800X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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