AMD Ryzen 5 5600H vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core i7-9700KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700KF beats the Ryzen 5 5600H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5600H that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600H has more threads than the Core i7-9700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600H. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700KF 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 5600H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 5 5600H also has slightly 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 5600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.