AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core i5 8600K
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2025
Oct 2017
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Coffee Lake
Processor Number
9950X3D
i5-8600K
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
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Series
Ryzen 9000 Series
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Package
Transistor Count
16.6 billions
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Manufacturing Process
4 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
170 W
95 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
230 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x70.6 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
FC-LGA1718
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
43
36x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
-
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
192 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1150 MHz
Shader Units
128
192
Texture Units
8
24
Raster Operation Units
4
3
Execution Units
2
24
Power Consumption
15
15 W
Max Resolution
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4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,240
1,201
Cinebench R23
42,369
6,612
Geekbench 6
3,473
1,649
Geekbench 6
22,539
6,050
Cinebench 2024
142
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Cinebench 2024
2,448
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Blender
808
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Passmark CPU
4,731
2,603
Passmark CPU
70,009
10,201
Geekbench 5
-
1,163
Geekbench 5
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5,367