Intel Core i9-9900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 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

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 350.22
$ 135.32
$ 214.90 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6719 points
7% slightly better overall score
6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points
8333 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points
24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5664 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
150.92 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7957 points
8330 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1634 points
1980 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points
8600 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 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

16
33% slightly more threads
12

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

5 GHz
13% 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

16 MiB
32 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
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 i9-9900K vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900K performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Core i9-9900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5600 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 5 5600 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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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