AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i5-9600KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6179 points
36% slightly better overall score
4518 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7639 points
5% slightly better gaming score
7209 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5707 points
55% significantly better multitasking score
3673 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5585 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score
3525 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6228 points
44% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4297 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.71 points
81% significantly higher Blender score
88.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.7 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
Identical
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

8 KiB
384 KiB
4700% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
9 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

240th of 1,089
388th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i5-9600KF comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Core i5-9600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-9600KF that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-9600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900HS. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-9600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600KF. The Ryzen 9 5900HS 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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