AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i5-9500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Core i5-9500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T 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.

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.