Intel Core i5-4570 vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2177 points
8451 points
288% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4010 points
12073 points
201% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1662 points
7298 points
339% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1595 points
7044 points
341% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

42.40 points
221.97 points
423% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3094 points
14339 points
363% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1112 points
3205 points
188% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.8 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
44% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W
65 W
29% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

710th of 1,127
136th of 1,127

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-4570 vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600 performs better than the Core i5-4570. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4570 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4570. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-4570. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4570. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4570. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 9600 outputs less heat than Core i5-4570 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-4570 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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