Intel Core i9-10850K vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Price

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$ 399.00

$ 195.30

$ 203.70 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8580 points

8673 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9432 points

12393 points

31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8275 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8174 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8802 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7587 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

227.80 points

233.29 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9021 points

14957 points

65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1758 points

3338 points

89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.4 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

6 MiB

139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

32 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,089

118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 August

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10850K vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600X beats the Core i9-10850K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10850K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-10850K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10850K. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10850K. The Ryzen 5 9600X 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. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.