Intel Core i9-9900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Core i9-9900K vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D beats the Core i9-9900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-9900K. Despite this, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D 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 7600X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D 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. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.