AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-9850H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 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

4496 points

12% slightly better overall score

4014 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

7% slightly better gaming score

5637 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

13% slightly better multitasking score

3514 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

3402 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

87.11 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

5022 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

1359 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

5044 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1387 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

2.6 GHz

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

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

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

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089

434th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

9th Generation Core i7

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

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7-9850H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9850H 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9850H. Despite this, the Core i7-9850H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9850H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 1600 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9850H. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has slightly 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.