AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1006

Intel Core i9 10940X +22%

1235

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

7089

Intel Core i9 10940X +128%

16213

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1170

Intel Core i9 10940X +25%

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

4526

Intel Core i9 10940X +149%

11287

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1029

Intel Core i9 10940X +11%

1144

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

5638

Intel Core i9 10940X +140%

13573

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

2242

Intel Core i9 10940X +19%

2686

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

13124

Intel Core i9 10940X +112%

27907

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10940X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

14

12

Performance Core Threads

28

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

33x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10940X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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