Intel Core i9 9960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
May 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Processor Number
i9-9960X
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM5
Power Consumption
165 W
45-65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
85 °C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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25 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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178 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
4.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
12
L1 Cache
32 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
22 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Bus Frequency
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100 MHz
Multiplier
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42
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
44
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,075
1,691
Cinebench R23
17,953
13,361
Geekbench 6
1,432
2,500
Geekbench 6
10,707
10,760
Passmark CPU
2,608
3,553
Passmark CPU
30,525
23,127
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.