| Attribute |
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 × | 
Intel Core i9-7960X × |
| General Information | | |
| Brand | AMD | Intel |
| Series | AMD Ryzen | Intel Core i9 |
| Model | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Intel Core i9-7960X |
| CPU Cores and Base Frequency | | |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 16 |
| Frequency (GHz) | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| CPU Threads | 12 | 32 |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Hyperthreading | + | + |
| Overclocking | + | + |
| Turbo (1 Core) (GHz) | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| Turbo (6 Cores) (GHz) | 3.7 | - |
| Turbo (16 Cores) (GHz) | - | 3.6 |
| Encryption | | |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| Hardware codec support | | |
| JPEG | No | No |
| h264 | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No | No |
| VP8 | No | No |
| AV1 | No | No |
| VC-1 | No | No |
| 1↑VP9 | No | No |
| AVC | No | No |
| Memory And PCIe | | |
| Memory type | - | DDR4-2666 |
| Max. Memory (GB) | 64 | - |
| PCIe lanes | 20 | 44 |
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ECC | + | - |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Technical details | | |
| Release date (year) | 2018 | 2017 |
| Technology (Nm) | 12 | 14 |
| Socket | AM4 | LGA 2066 |
| Virtualization | | |
| L3-Cache (MB) | 16 | 22 |
| Architecture | Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge) | Skylake-X |
| Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Thermal Management | | |
| Temp junction max (°C) | 95 | - |
| TDP (PL1) (W) | 65 | 165 |
| Benchmarks | | |
| Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark | 13,511 | 26,030 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 977 | 1,121 |
| Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 5,351 | 13,468 |
| Cinebench R15 (Single-Core) | 164 | 184 |
| Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core) | 1,310 | 3,161 |
| Cinebench R20 (Single-Core) | 374 | - |
| Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core) | 2,736 | - |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core) | 1.96 | 2.14 |
| Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 13.92 | 34.67 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core) | 4,280 | 4,763 |
| Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core) | 21,714 | 59,374 |
| Blender 2.81 (bmw27) | 292.5 | 111.4 |
| Cinebench R23 (Single-Core) | 1,024 | 1,103 |
| Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core) | 7,220 | 22,189 |