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

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i7-9700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than the Core i7-9700KF. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 5 5600X also has significantly more 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.