AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i5 9600
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz and Intel Core i5 9600 with 6 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D 's Advantages
Released 5 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.1GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 9600 's Advantages
Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
+117%
3271
Intel Core i5 9600
1507
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
+229%
19229
Intel Core i5 9600
5834
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
Apr 2019
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
9900X3D
Processor Number
i5-9600
AM5
Socket
LGA-1151
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Generation
-
Package
16.63 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
120 W
Power Consumption
65 W
230 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
2x70.6 mm²
Die Size
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
122 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
6
24
Performance Core Threads
6
4.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
5.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
12
Total Core Count
6
24
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
43
Multiplier
31x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
128 MB shared
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
MHz
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
-
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
2
Execution Units
24
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
5.0
PCIe Version
3.0
28
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
