Intel Core i7 9800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 9800X with 8 cores 3.8GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i7 9800X's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 17MB)

Lower TDP (95W vs 165W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i7 9800X

1263

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +5%

1330

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 9800X +31%

13055

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

9945

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i7 9800X

1314

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +34%

1767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 9800X +5%

7991

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7554

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i7 9800X

1225

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +9%

1339

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i7 9800X +27%

9648

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7577

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i7 9800X

2573

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +6%

2740

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i7 9800X

18121

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +2%

18504

Intel Core i7 9800X

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

General Parameters

Oct 2018

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Skylake

Core Architecture

Zen 2 (Matisse)

i7-9800X

Processor Number

-

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-2066

Socket

AM4

165 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

38x

Multiplier

36x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

1MB per core

L2 Cache

512K per core

17MB shared

L3 Cache

32MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

79.47 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i7 9800X

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

44

PCIe Lanes

16

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

Extended Instruction Set

-

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