Product Compare

Intel Core i9 9960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date Oct 2018 Apr 2022
Manufacturer Intel AMD
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Core Architecture Skylake Vermeer
Processor Number i9-9960X
Integrated Graphics N/A N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process 14 nm 7 nm
Socket LGA-2066 AM4
Power Consumption 165 W 65 W
Peak Operating Temperature 85 °C 90 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 16 6
Performance Core Threads 32 12
Performance Core Base Frequency 3.1 GHz 3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 4.4 GHz 4.4 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 512 K per core
L3 Cache 22 MB shared 32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Multiplier 35x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types DDR4-2666 DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max Memory Channels 4 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 85 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support No
Miscellaneous
Official Website Official Link ↗ Official Link ↗
PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
PCIe Lanes 44 20
Extended Instruction Set SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core 1075 1487
Cinebench R23 Multi Core 17953 11040
Geekbench 6 Single Core 1432 1995
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 10707 8477
Passmark CPU Single Core 2608 3247
Passmark CPU Multi Core 30525 21382