AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 67.00
$ 92.00 significantly less expensive
$ 159.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4980 points
11% slightly better overall score
4450 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6742 points
7080 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4418 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
3627 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4279 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
3488 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4635 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4254 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.67 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
94.07 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6809 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5629 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1529 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6899 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6212 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1613 points
1679 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

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

4.2 GHz
4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

352nd 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

2019 July
2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i5-9600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600 is faster than the Core i5-9600K. Despite this, the Core i5-9600K 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3600. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600K CPU because of its 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 3600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 5 3600 also has significantly more 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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