AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i9 9960X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
Oct 2018
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Skylake
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Processor Number
-
i9-9960X
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-2066
Power Consumption
105 W
165 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
85 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
16
Performance Core Threads
32
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
3.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
16
Total Thread Count
32
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
34x
-
L1 Cache
64 K per core
32 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
22 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
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
85 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,684
1,075
Cinebench R23
28,782
17,953
Geekbench 6
2,218
1,432
Geekbench 5
1,819
-
Geekbench 6
13,903
10,707
Geekbench 5
18,397
-
Cinebench 2024
93
-
Cinebench 2024
1,494
-
Passmark CPU
-
2,608
Passmark CPU
-
30,525