AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i5-9600K

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Core i5-9600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X beats the Core i5-9600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i5-9600K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9600K. According to our data, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X and Core i5-9600K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-9600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9600K outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X thanks to a 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 Threadripper 3970X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9600K. The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 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 Threadripper 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.