AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-950

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 1366
Foundry TSMC Intel
Process size 7 nm 45 nm
Transistors 3,800 million 731 million
Die size 74 mm² 263 mm²
Package µOPGA-1331 FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 95°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 3.066 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.2 GHz up to 3.333 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 23.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 65 W 130 W
FP32 1,209.6 GFLOPS
Voltage 1.375 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 7th, 2019 Jun 2nd, 2009
Codename Matisse Bloomfield
Generation Ryzen 5 Core i7
Part 100-000000031 SLBEN
Memory support DDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channel DDR3 Triple-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 4 Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 6 4
Total Threads 12 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 512K (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 32MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

AES Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
Precision Boost 2 Yes
SHA Yes
SMAP Yes
SMEP Yes
SMT Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-x Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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