AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i3-9100T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i3 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6413 points
273% significantly better overall score
1716 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points
165% significantly better gaming score
3287 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points
338% significantly better multitasking score
1294 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points
342% significantly better heavy workload score
1241 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
289% significantly higher Blender score
39.84 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
170% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3158 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1193 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
168% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3223 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1233 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
771st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
9th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i3-9100T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i3-9100T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-9100T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more cores than the Core i3-9100T. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-9100T. It also has more threads than the Core i3-9100T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-9100T. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-9100T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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