Intel Core i9 9980XE vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Oct 2020
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i9-9980XE
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
AM4
Power Consumption
165 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
84°C
90°C
Transistor Count
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4.15 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
18
12
Performance Core Threads
36
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
Total Core Count
18
12
Total Thread Count
36
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
79.47 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
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
1,114
1,670
Cinebench R23
27,093
22,046
Geekbench 6
1,480
2,235
Geekbench 5
1,122
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Geekbench 6
11,091
12,589
Geekbench 5
17,154
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Blender
290
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Passmark CPU
2,569
3,470
Passmark CPU
31,938
39,196
Cinebench 2024
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94
Cinebench 2024
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1,189
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.