AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i9 10920X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 10920X with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500's Advantages

Released 2 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2933)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Lower TDP (65W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10920X's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +4%

1351

Intel Core i9 10920X

1291

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

10379

Intel Core i9 10920X +48%

15458

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +4%

1776

Intel Core i9 10920X

1696

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

Intel Core i9 10920X +31%

9541

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +18%

1424

Intel Core i9 10920X

1201

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7179

Intel Core i9 10920X +86%

13408

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +10%

3028

Intel Core i9 10920X

2738

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

19373

Intel Core i9 10920X +35%

26244

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i9 10920X

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Oct 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10920X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

94 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

12

Performance Core Threads

24

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

24

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

36x

Multiplier

-

64K per core

L1 Cache

-

512K per core

L2 Cache

1MB per core

16MB shared

L3 Cache

20MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

128GB

Max Memory Size

256GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10920X

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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