AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i9-9900KF

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i9-9900KF specs and performance

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9900KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KF 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 i9-9900KF. 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.