AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 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

11194 points
260% significantly better overall score
3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9928 points
92% significantly better gaming score
5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11640 points
368% significantly better multitasking score
2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11833 points
396% significantly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

406.94 points
656% significantly higher Blender score
53.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12256 points
193% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4181 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2148 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1210 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12029 points
183% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4238 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2207 points
76% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1248 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
433% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
32% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
35 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,089
524th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i5-9500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5950X is faster than the Core i5-9500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-9500T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 9 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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