AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X vs Intel Core i5 8600K
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X with 64 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i5 8600K with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (6400 vs 2666)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (256MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 8600K 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Lower TDP (95W vs 350W)
Score
General Parameters
Jul 2025
Release Date
Oct 2017
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
-
Instruction Set
x86-64
Shimada Peak
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-8600K
AMD Socket sTR5
Socket
LGA-1151
N/A
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 630
Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 5 (Shimada Peak))
Generation
-
Package
66.52 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
350 W
Power Consumption
95 W
95°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
8x70.6 mm²
Die Size
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
388 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
6
-
Performance Core Threads
6
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
5.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
64
Total Core Count
6
128
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32.0
Multiplier
36x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
256 MB shared
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-6400
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
1 TB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
4
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
350 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
-
Shader Units
192
-
Texture Units
24
-
Raster Operation Units
3
-
Execution Units
24
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
-
Graphics Performance
0.38 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
5
PCIe Version
3.0
48
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
