AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i9 9980XE

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Intel Core i9 9980XE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT with 12 cores 3.8GHz 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 9 3900XT 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9980XE 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +21%

1350

Intel Core i9 9980XE

1114

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

18437

Intel Core i9 9980XE +46%

27093

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +19%

1763

Intel Core i9 9980XE

1480

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

11025

Intel Core i9 9980XE

11091

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

261

Intel Core i9 9980XE +11%

290

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +16%

1311

Intel Core i9 9980XE

1122

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

12279

Intel Core i9 9980XE +39%

17154

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +7%

2769

Intel Core i9 9980XE

2569

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT +2%

32856

Intel Core i9 9980XE

31938

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

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Intel Core i9 9980XE

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2 (Matisse)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9980XE

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

No

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

84°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

18

24

Performance Core Threads

36

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

12

Total Core Count

18

24

Total Thread Count

36

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 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

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9980XE

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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