Intel Core i5-9600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 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

4518 points

4629 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7209 points

29% slightly better gaming score

5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3673 points

4389 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3525 points

4371 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4297 points

9299 points

116% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

88.50 points

186.26 points

110% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5909 points

7738 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points

1930 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

4 MiB

166% 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

388th of 1,089

378th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-9600KF vs Ryzen 9 5980HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5980HX beats the Core i5-9600KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5980HX 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 9 5980HX 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.