AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 9960X
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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i9-9960X
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
85 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
16
Performance Core Threads
12
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
12
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
36x
—
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
22 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
1,075
Cinebench R23
9,245
17,953
Geekbench 6
1,640
1,432
Geekbench 5
1,240
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Geekbench 6
7,084
10,707
Geekbench 5
7,078
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Blender
155
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Passmark CPU
2,565
2,608
Passmark CPU
17,685
30,525
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.