AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i9-9900KF specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900KF performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 2600X. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600X. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 2600X and Core i9-9900KF have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-9900KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.