AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5 8600K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
Oct 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
No
UHD Graphics 630
Processor Number
—
i5-8600K
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
105 W
95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
6
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34x
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1150 MHz
Shader Units
—
192
Texture Units
—
24
Raster Operation Units
—
3
Execution Units
—
24
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Max Resolution
—
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,684
1,201
Cinebench R23
28,782
6,612
Geekbench 6
2,218
1,649
Geekbench 5
1,819
1,163
Geekbench 6
13,903
6,050
Geekbench 5
18,397
5,367
Cinebench 2024
93
—
Cinebench 2024
1,494
—
Passmark CPU
—
2,603
Passmark CPU
—
10,201
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.