AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i5-9600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9600K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9600K. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 7 5700G 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 7 5700G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen 7 5700G 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 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.