AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i9 9900K
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 9900K with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages
Released 11 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 16MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)
Intel Core i9 9900K 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1166
Intel Core i9 9900K
+14%
1333
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6717
Intel Core i9 9900K
+86%
12496
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1650
Intel Core i9 9900K
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
+2%
6523
Intel Core i9 9900K
6395
General Parameters
Sep 2019
Release Date
Oct 2018
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
-
Instruction Set
x86-64
Matisse
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i9-9900K
AMD Socket AM4
Socket
LGA-1151
N/A
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Generation
-
Package
3.8 billions
Transistor Count
-
7 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
95 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
74 mm²
Die Size
-
12 nm
I/O Process Size
-
124 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Threads
16
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
6
Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
36.0
Multiplier
36x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
-
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
51.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
No
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
1.18 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
4
PCIe Version
3.0
24
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
