AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core i5-9500

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i5-9500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600U is faster than the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 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 5600U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Also, the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9500 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 5600U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9500. The Ryzen 5 5600U 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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.