Ryzen 5 5600H vs i7-990X Extreme Edition

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7EEAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data22.40
Architecture codenameWestmere (2010−2011)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date13 February 2011 (13 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads1212
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.46 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier2633
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB3 MB
L3 cache12 MB16 MB
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size239 mm2no data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
Socketno dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory size24 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2011 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600H has an age advantage of 9 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 188.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i7-990X Extreme Edition and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i7-990X Extreme Edition is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.


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