AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

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$ 844.78
$ 269.95
$ 574.83 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4357 points
4518 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6337 points
7209 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3730 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
3673 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3577 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
3525 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3688 points
4297 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

90.31 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
88.50 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4587 points
5456 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1288 points
1503 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4533 points
5909 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1297 points
1634 points
25% 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

2.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.6 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
533% significantly lower TDP
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

8 MiB
9 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

405th of 1,089
388th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i5-9600KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9600KF is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 5500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600KF 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 5500U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U.

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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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