AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-9600T

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
20% slightly better overall score
2780 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points
7% slightly better gaming score
4812 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
2172 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
2074 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points
83.29 points
28% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points
4409 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points
1312 points
18% 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
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

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
574th 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 i5-9600T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1500X beats the Core i5-9600T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-9600T has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than the Core i5-9600T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600T. Despite this, the Core i5-9600T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9600T 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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