AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i9 9960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i9 9960X with 16 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9960X's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (22MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +39%

1504

Intel Core i9 9960X

1075

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

11237

Intel Core i9 9960X +59%

17953

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +36%

1958

Intel Core i9 9960X

1432

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

8078

Intel Core i9 9960X +32%

10707

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +26%

1480

Intel Core i9 9960X

1173

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

7532

Intel Core i9 9960X +101%

15176

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G +22%

3192

Intel Core i9 9960X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

19915

Intel Core i9 9960X +53%

30525

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

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Intel Core i9 9960X

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Cezanne)

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9960X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

Radeon RX Vega 7

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 5

Generation

-

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

45-65 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

180 mm²

Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100MHz

Bus Frequency

-

39x

Multiplier

-

64K per core

L1 Cache

32K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

1MB per core

16MB shared

L3 Cache

22MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

-

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1900 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

28

Texture Units

-

7

Raster Operation Units

-

10-45 W

Power Consumption

-

1.108 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9960X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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