AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i9-8950HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i9 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

4431 points

106% significantly better overall score

2143 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

84% significantly better gaming score

3261 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

116% significantly better multitasking score

1816 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

117% significantly better heavy workload score

1755 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

85.61 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

4580 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

1270 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

0.54% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5219 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

1422 points

14% 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

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

4.8 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

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

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

406th of 1,099

703rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

8th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2018 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 2600X vs Core i9-8950HK benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-8950HK 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-8950HK. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has slightly 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.