AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT vs Intel Core i9 9960X

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Intel Core i9 9960X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT with 8 cores 3.8GHz 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 7 5800XT 's Advantages

Released 5 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 22MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9960X 's Advantages

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

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT +53%

2205

Intel Core i9 9960X

1432

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

9519

Intel Core i9 9960X +12%

10707

AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

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Intel Core i9 9960X

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9960X

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 7 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

16

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

38.0

Multiplier

-

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

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 7 5800XT

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9960X

4

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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