AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i9 10900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Intel Core i9 10900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i9 10900K 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 9600X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 45.8GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +54%

2119

Intel Core i9 10900K

1375

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +18%

16284

Intel Core i9 10900K

13761

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +95%

3331

Intel Core i9 10900K

1703

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +60%

15031

Intel Core i9 10900K

9367

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

913

Intel Core i9 10900K +2%

936

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +45%

4571

Intel Core i9 10900K

3135

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +29%

29828

Intel Core i9 10900K

22996

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Intel Core i9 10900K

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

May 2020

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10900K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1200

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

10

12

Performance Core Threads

20

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39

Multiplier

37x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

45.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

2

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10900K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

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