AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i9 9980XE

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Intel Core i9 9980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 9980XE with 18 cores 3.0GHz . 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 (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9980XE 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +33%

1487

Intel Core i9 9980XE

1114

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

11040

Intel Core i9 9980XE +145%

27093

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +34%

1995

Intel Core i9 9980XE

1480

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

8477

Intel Core i9 9980XE +30%

11091

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

184

Intel Core i9 9980XE +57%

290

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +36%

1526

Intel Core i9 9980XE

1122

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

7642

Intel Core i9 9980XE +124%

17154

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +26%

3247

Intel Core i9 9980XE

2569

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

21382

Intel Core i9 9980XE +49%

31938

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Core i9 9980XE

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

i9-9980XE

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

84°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

18

12

Performance Core Threads

36

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

18

12

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

30x

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

25 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

79.47 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9980XE

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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