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