AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5-9500T

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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

40% slightly better overall score

3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

15% slightly better gaming score

5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

54% significantly better multitasking score

2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

56% significantly better heavy workload score

2385 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

97% significantly higher Blender score

53.77 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4181 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

1210 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

4238 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

1248 points

7% slightly 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

3.4 GHz

54% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th 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

2018 April

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 2600 vs Core i5-9500T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the Core i5-9500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.