AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i9 9960X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 3300X with 4 cores 3.8GHz 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 3 3300X 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Lower TDP (65W 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 3 3300X +20%

1289

Intel Core i9 9960X

1070

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

6750

Intel Core i9 9960X +164%

17841

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +17%

1685

Intel Core i9 9960X

1432

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

5874

Intel Core i9 9960X +82%

10707

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +13%

1337

Intel Core i9 9960X

1173

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

5577

Intel Core i9 9960X +172%

15176

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X +1%

2660

Intel Core i9 9960X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

12651

Intel Core i9 9960X +141%

30525

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

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Intel Core i9 9960X

General Parameters

Apr 2020

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9960X

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

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

85 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

16

8

Performance Core Threads

32

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.1 GHz

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

38x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

22 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 3300X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9960X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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