AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i9 9920X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 9920X with 12 cores 3.5GHz . 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 3 years and 6 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 19MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9920X 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +40%

1491

Intel Core i9 9920X

1062

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

11071

Intel Core i9 9920X +33%

14734

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +43%

1995

Intel Core i9 9920X

1389

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +180%

8477

Intel Core i9 9920X

3027

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +30%

1526

Intel Core i9 9920X

1171

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

7642

Intel Core i9 9920X +63%

12494

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +24%

3247

Intel Core i9 9920X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

21382

Intel Core i9 9920X +17%

25060

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Core i9 9920X

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9920X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

92 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

24

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

35x

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

19 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

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9920X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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