Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 199.43
$ 135.32
$ 64.11 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5644 points
6267 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points
8333 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points
5604 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points
5431 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5869 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5664 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points
150.92 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
8330 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1627 points
1980 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points
8600 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points
2052 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 5 5600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600 is faster than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 5 5600 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 i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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