AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Ryzen 5 4600G vs Core i9-9900K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900K performs better than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900K. Despite this, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4600G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. Despite this, the Core i9-9900K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4600G.

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 4600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.