AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i9 9940X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i9 9940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (105W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 9940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (85GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +58%

1951

Intel Core i9 9940X

1228

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

15204

Intel Core i9 9940X

15351

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +107%

2759

Intel Core i9 9940X

1328

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +27%

12453

Intel Core i9 9940X

9787

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +85%

2200

Intel Core i9 9940X

1189

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

11925

Intel Core i9 9940X +20%

14374

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +61%

4211

Intel Core i9 9940X

2608

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +1%

28663

Intel Core i9 9940X

28355

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Intel Core i9 9940X

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i9-9940X

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

105 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

88 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

14

12

Performance Core Threads

28

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47x

Multiplier

33x

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

85 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9940X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

44

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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