Intel Core i7-9800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel Core X-series 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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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Price

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$ 768.88

$ 135.32

$ 633.56 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6761 points

7% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8246 points

8333 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6264 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6133 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

163.68 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7128 points

8330 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1345 points

1980 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7552 points

8600 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1400 points

2052 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

Identical

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

65 W

153% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

5 MiB

32 MiB

540% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

206th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9800X vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9800X performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.