AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX vs Intel Core i5 8600K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

Intel Core i5 8600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX with 16 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i5 8600K with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 9MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Intel Core i5 8600K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (95W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +16%

1401

Intel Core i5 8600K

1201

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +310%

27175

Intel Core i5 8600K

6612

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

867

Intel Core i5 8600K +90%

1649

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

2253

Intel Core i5 8600K +168%

6050

Blender

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +225%

348

Intel Core i5 8600K

107

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +11%

1301

Intel Core i5 8600K

1163

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +180%

15072

Intel Core i5 8600K

5367

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +2%

2664

Intel Core i5 8600K

2603

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX +294%

40223

Intel Core i5 8600K

10201

AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3955WX

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Intel Core i5 8600K

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Oct 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-8600K

sWRX8

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

6

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

9 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

2048 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

8

Max Memory Channels

2

204.8 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

1150 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 Threadripper Pro 3955WX

Official Website

Intel Core i5 8600K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

128

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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