Intel Core i9-9900K vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 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 8500G

Price

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$ 350.22

$ 155.73

$ 194.49 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6719 points

21% slightly better overall score

5521 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points

2% slightly better gaming score

8044 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

4773 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

4617 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5215 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

159.49 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points

9444 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points

2354 points

38% slightly 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

3.6 GHz

1% slightly higher clock speed

3.55 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

Identical

5 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

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,089

291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-9900K vs Ryzen 5 8500G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900K is faster than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 8500G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.