Core i9-9820X vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9820X has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Core i9-9820X has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Core i9-9820X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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. Indeed, the Core i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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