AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i5-9600KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Core i5-9600KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600KF in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5600G has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.