AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 9900X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Matisse
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i9-9900X
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
65 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
92 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
10
Performance Core Threads
12
20
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
10
Total Thread Count
12
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
35x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,269
1,182
Cinebench R23
9,245
13,994
Geekbench 6
1,640
1,455
Geekbench 5
1,240
1,165
Geekbench 6
7,084
10,273
Geekbench 5
7,078
10,704
Blender
155
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Passmark CPU
2,565
2,565
Passmark CPU
17,685
21,833
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.