AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5-9500

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-9500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600 is faster than the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 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 3600 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9500. The Ryzen 5 3600 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.