Intel Core i5-9600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i5-9600KF vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Core i5-9600KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600KF. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-9600KF CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its slightly 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 7 9800X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i5-9600KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.