AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i5 10600KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Intel Core i5 10600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 10600KF 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 3950X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 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)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 10600KF 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher base frequency (4.1GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1349

Intel Core i5 10600KF +3%

1390

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +132%

24396

Intel Core i5 10600KF

10477

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +6%

1709

Intel Core i5 10600KF

1601

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +104%

11656

Intel Core i5 10600KF

5706

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1279

Intel Core i5 10600KF +1%

1294

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +107%

14487

Intel Core i5 10600KF

6979

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i5 10600KF +8%

2923

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +171%

38953

Intel Core i5 10600KF

14338

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i5 10600KF

General Parameters

Nov 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

i5-10600KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.1 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

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

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 10600KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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