Intel Core i5-9600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

4450 points
1% slightly better overall score
4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7080 points
8% slightly better gaming score
6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3627 points
3759 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3488 points
3630 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

94.07 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
15 W
533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
16 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

394th of 1,089
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-9600K vs Ryzen 5 7430U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7430U performs better than the Core i5-9600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 7430U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i5-9600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 5 7430U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i5-9600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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