AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i5 11600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i5 11600 with 6 cores 2.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i5 11600 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Larger memory bandwidth (50GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1331

Intel Core i5 11600 +19%

1595

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +116%

24018

Intel Core i5 11600

11107

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1709

Intel Core i5 11600 +25%

2137

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +46%

11656

Intel Core i5 11600

7947

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

1279

Intel Core i5 11600 +31%

1680

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +87%

14487

Intel Core i5 11600

7722

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Intel Core i5 11600 +22%

3285

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +115%

38953

Intel Core i5 11600

18114

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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Intel Core i5 11600

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Mar 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Rocket Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-11600

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 750

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1200

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

28x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

50 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1300 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

64

-

Raster Operation Units

32

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.46 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 11600

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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