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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Cpu
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Intel Core i5 2500 Cpu
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Intel Core i7 9700 Cpu
Intel Core i7 9700
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General

Processor socketAM4AM4LGA 1155LGA 1151
Component forPCPC
N/A
PC
Operating modes64-bit64-bit64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.8 GHz3.6 GHz3.3 GHz3.0 GHz
Max turbo speed4.4 GHz4.4 GHz3.7 GHz4.7 GHz
Number of cores6848
Number of threads121648
Thermal Design Power (TDP)95.0 W65.0 W95.0 W65.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus type
N/A
N/A
DMI
N/A
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Integrated Graphics

On-board graphics adapternonoyesyes
TypeNot availableNot availableIntel HD Graphics 2000Intel UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics adapter base frequency
N/A
N/A
850.0 MHz350.0 MHz
On-board graphics adapter DirectX version
N/A
N/A
N/A
12.0

Memory

Cache32 MB32 MB6 MB12 MB
Cache typeL3L3L3Smart Cache
Memory clock speeds supported by processor3200.0 MHz3200.0 MHz
N/A
2666.0 MHz
Memory types supported by processorDDR4 SDRAMDDR4 SDRAM
N/A
DDR4 SDRAM
Memory channelsDualDual
N/A
Dual
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
N/A
N/A
32.0 GB128.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
N/A
N/A
21.0 GB/s41.6 GB/s

Features

Maximum number of PCI Express lanes16161616
Thermal monitoring technologies
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Supported instruction sets
N/A
N/A
AVX
  • SSE4.1
  • SSE4.2
  • AVX 2.0
Execute disable bit
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Scalability
N/A
N/A
N/A
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