AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9 11900F

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Intel Core i9 11900F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 11900F with 8 cores 2.5GHz . 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 base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i9 11900F 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (50GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1349

Intel Core i9 11900F +3%

1393

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +85%

24396

Intel Core i9 11900F

13150

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Intel Core i9 11900F +28%

2188

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +15%

11656

Intel Core i9 11900F

10129

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1279

Intel Core i9 11900F +33%

1704

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +52%

14487

Intel Core i9 11900F

9523

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i9 11900F +27%

3423

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +71%

38953

Intel Core i9 11900F

22779

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i9 11900F

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Mar 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Rocket Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-11900F

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

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 GHz

16

Total Core Count

8

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

25x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

50 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 11900F

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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