AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i5 10600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X with 12 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i5 10600K with 6 cores 4.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 10600K 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

1313

Intel Core i5 10600K +2%

1347

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +85%

18656

Intel Core i5 10600K

10032

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +11%

1842

Intel Core i5 10600K

1647

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +74%

11715

Intel Core i5 10600K

6700

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +2%

1319

Intel Core i5 10600K

1286

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +66%

11991

Intel Core i5 10600K

7205

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

2683

Intel Core i5 10600K +8%

2911

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X +125%

32531

Intel Core i5 10600K

14403

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

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Intel Core i5 10600K

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2020

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Comet Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-10600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

41x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 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

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 10600K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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