AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 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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$ 109.25

$ 49.75 significantly less expensive

$ 159.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

4450 points

0.43% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

7080 points

17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

3627 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

3488 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points

4254 points

16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

94.07 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

5629 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

1529 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

6212 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

1679 points

35% 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

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

4.6 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

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

397th 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

2018 April

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 2600X vs Core i5-9600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-9600K beats the Ryzen 5 2600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i5-9600K. 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.