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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-3930K

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
    Intel Core i7-3930K
    Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2011
    Intel Core i7-3930K

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      119%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      113%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      124%
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    13% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 24% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Around 19% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3930K

    None
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    Gaming

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600XIntel Core i7-3930K
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    XFR
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600XIntel Core i7-3930K
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_SandyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsSandy Bridge-E
    Release DateMar 2018vsNov 2011

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600XIntel Core i7-3930K
    Cores6vs6
    Threads12vs12
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600XIntel Core i7-3930K
    L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600XIntel Core i7-3930K
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
    Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
    Die Size192mm²vs435mm²
    Process14 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600XIntel Core i7-3930K
    Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock4250 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
    TDP95 Wvs130 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      4675 points
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      3800 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      28987 points
    • Intel Core i7-3930K
      23040 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      1403
    • Intel Core i7-3930K (simulated)
      1122.91

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
      176
    • Intel Core i7-3930K (simulated)
      154.92

    points - higher is better

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