Intel Core i5 9500F vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

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Intel Core i5 9500F AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 9500F with 6 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 9500F 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.9GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 's Advantages

Released 9 months late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 9MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9500F +30%

1481

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

1138

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9500F

5695

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +96%

11211

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 9500F

1156

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +9%

1265

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9500F

5243

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +423%

27453

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 9500F +2%

2622

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

2564

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 9500F

10199

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X +687%

80316

Intel Core i5 9500F

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

General Parameters

Apr 2019

Release Date

Jan 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Coffee Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-9500F

Processor Number

-

LGA-1151

Socket

sTRX4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

19.2 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1151

Socket

sTRX4

65 W

Power Consumption

280 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

64

6

Performance Core Threads

128

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

64

6

Total Thread Count

128

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

29x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

9 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

95.37 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 9500F

Official Website

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

64

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

Extended Instruction Set

-

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