Intel Core i9 9960X vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2018
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i9-9960X
-
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 740M
Generation
-
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-2066
FP7
Power Consumption
165 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
85 °C
100 °C
Transistor Count
-
20.9 billions
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
137 mm²
Package
-
FP7, FP7r2
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
2
Performance Core Threads
32
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
4.9 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
No
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
32x
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
85 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2800 MHz
Shader Units
-
256
Texture Units
-
16
Raster Operation Units
-
8
Execution Units
-
4
Power Consumption
-
15 W
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,075
1,789
Cinebench R23
17,953
10,405
Geekbench 6
1,432
2,445
Geekbench 6
10,707
9,182
Passmark CPU
2,608
3,759
Passmark CPU
30,525
18,276