AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i5-9300HF

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 4 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

4431 points
28% slightly better overall score
3443 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
5% slightly better gaming score
5691 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
41% slightly better multitasking score
2780 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
42% significantly better heavy workload score
2664 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
104% significantly higher Blender score
55.68 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3778 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
1286 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3763 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
1297 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089
491st 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

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i5-9300HF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600X beats the Core i5-9300HF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9300HF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-9300HF has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9300HF. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9300HF. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9300HF outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X 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 2600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9300HF. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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