AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Ryzen 3 3300X vs Core i5-9600K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9600K beats the Ryzen 3 3300X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 3300X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9600K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3300X. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3300X. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 3300X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600K. Despite this, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 3300X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 3 3300X 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 Ryzen 3 3300X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.