AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i9-9900K

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
4000 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Intel Core i9-9900K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Sep 2018
Intel Core i9-9900K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    100%
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    107%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    103%
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    100%
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    118%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i9-9900K

18% higher multi threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3600X.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i9-9900K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i9-9900K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZen 2vsCoffee Lake
Release DateMar 2019vsSep 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i9-9900K
Cores6vs8
Threads12vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsUHD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i9-9900K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16MB (shared)vs16896 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i9-9900K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA14C
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XIntel Core i9-9900K
Cpu Frequency4000 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock4800 MHzvs5000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    5376 points
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    6000 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
    32793 points
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    41472 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
    225.07
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    218

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600X (simulated)
    1750.83
  • Intel Core i9-9900K
    2077

points - higher is better