AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Intel Core i9 9940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 9940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (3.0 vs 3)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

6907

Intel Core i9 9940X +122%

15351

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT +51%

2017

Intel Core i9 9940X

1328

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

8165

Intel Core i9 9940X +19%

9787

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Jan 2024

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9940X

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

Radeon Vega 7

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Cezanne))

Generation

-

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

180 mm²

Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

14

-

Performance Core Threads

28

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

33x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

3

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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