Intel Core i5-9300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare Intel 9th 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

2867 points
8673 points
202% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4582 points
12393 points
170% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2361 points
7498 points
217% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2270 points
7245 points
219% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2627 points
7587 points
188% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

53.61 points
233.29 points
335% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3744 points
14957 points
299% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1292 points
3338 points
158% 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

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.9 GHz
62% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
31% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

557th of 1,089
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-9300H vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600X performs better than the Core i5-9300H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-9300H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9300H. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9300H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600X CPU because of its significantly 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. Indeed, the Core i5-9300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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