CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i5-11600K

CORE STATE Rocket Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.9 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Rocket Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

6,247

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

1,861

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

3,512

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

5,268

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

6,270

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

967

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

1,673

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

236

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

6,971

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

984

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

16,598

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

2,343

geekbench_multicore

21,441

8,543

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

2,210

passmark_data_compression

896,544

242,740

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

12,212

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

17,615

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

58

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

38,269

passmark_integer_math

242,097

64,664

passmark_multithread

66,030

19,527

passmark_physics

3,279

944

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

27,870

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,344

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,344

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i5-11600K

Core Specs

Cores

16

6 -62.5%

Threads

32

12 -62.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3.9 -9.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.9 -14.0%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3.9 -9.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.9 -14.0%

Multiplier

43

39 -9.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

125 -26.5%

PPT

230 W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Rocket Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Rocket Lake

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i5 (Rocket Lake-S)

Process Size

4 nm

14 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

—

Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

276 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

51.2 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1200

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

H510, B560, H570, Q570, W580, Z590, Q470, H470, W480, Z490

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

UHD Graphics 750

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$649

$262

Part Number

100-000001277

SRKNU

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA14A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

—

View Ryzen 9 9950X Details View Core i5-11600K Details