AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 vs Intel Core i9-9960X

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600 and Intel Core i9-9960X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

Intel Core i9-9960X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600

CPU is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 12% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 85°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
Around 45% 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

Launch date	30 Sep 2019 vs October 2018
Maximum core temperature	95 °C vs 85°C
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache	32 MB vs 22 MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9960X

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 6
20 more threads: 32 vs 12
Around 5% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
5.3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2617 vs 2573
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30618 vs 17647

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 6
Number of threads	32 vs 12
Maximum frequency	4.40 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core) vs 3 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2617 vs 2573
PassMark - CPU mark	30618 vs 17647

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9960X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2573

2617

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17647

30618

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	Intel Core i9-9960X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2573	2617
PassMark - CPU mark	17647	30618
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1158
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		14294
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		13076

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3600	Intel Core i9-9960X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Skylake
Family	Ryzen 5
Launch date	30 Sep 2019	October 2018
OPN Tray	100-000000029
Place in performance rating	688	620
Processor Number	PRO 3600	i9-9960X
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Series		Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.6 GHz	3.10 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	32 MB	22 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	85°C
Maximum frequency	4.2 GHz	4.40 GHz
Number of cores	6	16
Number of threads	12	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	47.68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	128 GB	128 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666
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
PCIe configurations	1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
Scalability		1S Only
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)