Intel Core i5-9600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Core i5-9600KF vs Ryzen 9 5900HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Core i5-9600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9600KF that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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.