Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Core i7-9700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. Both the Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 5500 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Core i7-9700K 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 5 5500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 5 5500 also has slightly 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 i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.
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