AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 9900KS

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 9900KS with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 127W)

Intel Core i9 9900KS's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1245

Intel Core i9 9900KS +2%

1272

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9073

Intel Core i9 9900KS +39%

12615

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1640

Intel Core i9 9900KS +2%

1678

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i9 9900KS +23%

8751

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

156

Intel Core i9 9900KS +8%

169

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1240

Intel Core i9 9900KS +12%

1391

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Intel Core i9 9900KS +36%

9636

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

2565

Intel Core i9 9900KS +18%

3029

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

17685

Intel Core i9 9900KS +9%

19417

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i9 9900KS

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-9900KS

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

127 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.0 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

36x

Multiplier

40x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

256K per core

32MB shared

L3 Cache

16MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9900KS

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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