AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i9 9940X
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Processor Number
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i9-9940X
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
95 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
88 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
14
Performance Core Threads
12
28
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
6
14
Total Thread Count
12
28
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
33x
L1 Cache
96 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
24
44
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,039
1,328
Geekbench 5
988
1,189
Geekbench 6
4,315
9,787
Geekbench 5
5,881
14,374
Passmark CPU
2,197
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Passmark CPU
13,019
—
Cinebench R23
—
1,228
Cinebench R23
—
15,351
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.