AMD Ryzen 5 5600U vs Intel Core i9-9900K

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i9-9900K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-9900K performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Indeed, the Core i9-9900K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600U. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600U 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 5600U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 5600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.