Intel Core i5-9600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Core i5-9600KF vs Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U performs better 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 Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U has 8 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 significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U. Also, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U outputs less heat than Core i5-9600KF 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 7 PRO 5850U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 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.