AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i9-10980HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points
5234 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points
3% slightly better gaming score
6654 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points
4782 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points
4670 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4734 points
9027 points
90% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
122.88 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.3 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089
321st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
10th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i9-10980HK comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600X is faster than the Core i9-10980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10980HK in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10980HK has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Indeed, the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-10980HK. Despite this, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-10980HK outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3600X has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10980HK. The Ryzen 5 3600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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