AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-9600K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i5-9600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 5600X and Core i5-9600K are identical in this regard. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600K 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 5600X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.