Intel Core i9 9940X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 9940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 9940X +5%

1228

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 9940X +128%

15351

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 9940X

1328

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +24%

1650

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 9940X +50%

9787

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i9 9940X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

General Parameters

Oct 2018

Release Date

Sep 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Skylake

Core Architecture

Matisse

i9-9940X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

165 W

Power Consumption

65 W

88 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

74 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

12 nm

-

I/O Die Size

124 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

14

Performance Cores

-

28

Performance Core Threads

-

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.1 GHz

14

Total Core Count

6

28

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

20 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

4

Max Memory Channels

2

85 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Graphics Performance

1.18 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 9940X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

3.0

PCIe Version

4

44

PCIe Lanes

24

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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