AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

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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Intel Core i5-9600KF

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 169.96 significantly less expensive

$ 269.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5119 points

13% slightly better overall score

4518 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points

7209 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

3673 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

3525 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4734 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4297 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points

54% significantly higher Blender score

88.50 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6958 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5456 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1612 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1503 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5909 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1665 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1634 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

336th of 1,089

388th 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

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i5-9600KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600X performs better than the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF 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 3600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 5 3600X 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 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.