AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i9 9960X

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Intel Core i9 9960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i9 9960X with 16 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9960X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +44%

1551

Intel Core i9 9960X

1075

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

11464

Intel Core i9 9960X +56%

17953

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +51%

2173

Intel Core i9 9960X

1432

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

9138

Intel Core i9 9960X +17%

10707

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +40%

1644

Intel Core i9 9960X

1173

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

8821

Intel Core i9 9960X +72%

15176

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X +28%

3361

Intel Core i9 9960X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

21921

Intel Core i9 9960X +39%

30525

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

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Intel Core i9 9960X

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Oct 2018

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

37x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 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

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9960X

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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