AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points
7% slightly better overall score
3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points
0.50% slightly better gaming score
5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
53.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points
4181 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points
1210 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points
4238 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points
1248 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
59% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

499th of 1,089
524th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i5-9500T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1500X performs better than the Core i5-9500T. Despite this, the Core i5-9500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-9500T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1500X that has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1500X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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