AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i5-9600K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X performs better than the Core i5-9600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3700X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 3700X. Also, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.