AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT 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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$ 129.99

$ 139.96 significantly less expensive

$ 269.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

4518 points

0.33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

7209 points

15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

3673 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

3525 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4889 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4297 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

57% significantly higher Blender score

88.50 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5456 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1503 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5909 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

5% 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

4.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

Identical

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

389th 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

2020 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 3600XT vs Core i5-9600KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600XT is faster than the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF 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 3600XT has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 5 3600XT 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 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.