AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i9-9940X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i9-9940X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 88°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 66% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3258 vs 2628
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Apr 2022 vs October 2018
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 88°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache 32 MB vs 19.25 MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3258 vs 2628

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9940X

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 6
  • 16 more threads: 28 vs 12
  • 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 27975 vs 21576
  • 2x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 11442 vs 5679
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 6
Number of threads 28 vs 12
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 1 MB (per core) vs 3 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 27975 vs 21576
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 11442 vs 5679

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9940X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3258
2628
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21576
27975
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
5679
11442
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Intel Core i9-9940X
PassMark - Single thread mark 3258 2628
PassMark - CPU mark 21576 27975
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5679 11442
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1140
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13302

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Intel Core i9-9940X

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Skylake
Launch date 20 Apr 2022 October 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $199
Place in performance rating 698 679
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number i9-9940X
Series Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.30 GHz
Die size 81 mm²
L1 cache 384 KB 64K (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 1 MB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 19.25 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 88°C
Maximum frequency 4.4 GHz 4.40 GHz
Number of cores 6 14
Number of threads 12 28
Transistor count 4150 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links 0

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 165 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2017X

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 44
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)