AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i9 10900X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Intel Core i9 10900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 10900X with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10900X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +29%

1487

Intel Core i9 10900X

1145

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

11040

Intel Core i9 10900X +29%

14312

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +27%

1995

Intel Core i9 10900X

1566

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

8477

Intel Core i9 10900X +9%

9308

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +34%

1526

Intel Core i9 10900X

1133

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

7642

Intel Core i9 10900X +41%

10786

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +21%

3247

Intel Core i9 10900X

2664

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

21382

Intel Core i9 10900X +5%

22469

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Core i9 10900X

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

20

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

37x

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

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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