Intel Core i5 9600KF vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2019
Nov 2019
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 2
Processor Number
i5-9600KF
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
sTRX4
Power Consumption
95 W
280 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
68 °C
Transistor Count
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23.5 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
32
Performance Core Threads
6
64
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
6
32
Total Thread Count
6
64
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
95.37 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
64
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,251
1,308
Cinebench R23
7,218
46,874
Geekbench 6
1,618
1,463
Geekbench 5
1,206
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Geekbench 6
6,268
12,202
Geekbench 5
5,559
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Blender
88
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Passmark CPU
2,752
2,674
Passmark CPU
10,742
62,989
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.