Intel Core i5-9600KF vs AMD EPYC 74F3

Core i5-9600KF vs EPYC 74F3 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the EPYC 74F3 is faster than the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the EPYC 74F3 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-9600KF. Indeed, the EPYC 74F3 has 9 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the EPYC 74F3. A Core i5-9600KF CPU outputs less heat than a EPYC 74F3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the EPYC 74F3 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600KF. The EPYC 74F3 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 i5-9600KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.