AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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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Intel Core i5-9600K

Price

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$ 58.40

$ 100.60 significantly less expensive

$ 159.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points

1% slightly better overall score

4450 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

7080 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

3627 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

3488 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points

4254 points

33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

94.07 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

5629 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

1529 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

6212 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1679 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

4.6 GHz

27% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089

394th 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

2018 November

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

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i5-9600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9600K is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 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 5 1600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 5 1600 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 Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.