Intel Core i5 10500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 10500 with 6 cores 3.1GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with 16 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 10500 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 12MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 10500

1079

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +23%

1331

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 10500

8201

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +192%

24018

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 10500

1553

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +10%

1709

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 10500

6491

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +79%

11656

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 10500

1228

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +4%

1279

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 10500

6105

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +137%

14487

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 10500 +2%

2751

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

2692

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 10500

12835

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X +203%

38953

Intel Core i5 10500

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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

General Parameters

May 2020

Release Date

Nov 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Comet Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-10500

Processor Number

-

LGA-1200

Socket

AM4

UHD Graphics 630

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1200

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

105 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

16

12

Performance Core Threads

32

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31x

Multiplier

35x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

256 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

12 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

41.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

350 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1150 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

192

Shader Units

-

24

Texture Units

-

3

Raster Operation Units

-

24

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

0.38 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 10500

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

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