AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Compare AMD 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 i5-9600KF

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 139.95 significantly less expensive

$ 269.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

4518 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

7209 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

3673 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

3525 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

4297 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

88.50 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5456 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1503 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

5909 points

0.34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

1634 points

3% 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

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

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

32 MiB

255% significantly more L3 cache

9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

388th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-9600KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9600KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500X 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X. Also, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600KF CPU because of its 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 3500X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 5 3500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.