AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i9-9900KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900KF performs better than the Ryzen 5 3600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 3600 and Core i9-9900KF have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KF 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 3600 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KF. The Ryzen 5 3600 also has significantly 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.