AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7 9700K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 9700K with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i7 9700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +6%

1365

Intel Core i7 9700K

1279

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +12%

10573

Intel Core i7 9700K

9406

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +12%

1776

Intel Core i7 9700K

1575

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +8%

7245

Intel Core i7 9700K

6702

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

155

Intel Core i7 9700K +1%

158

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +10%

1424

Intel Core i7 9700K

1284

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7179

Intel Core i7 9700K +3%

7419

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +5%

3028

Intel Core i7 9700K

2878

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 +34%

19373

Intel Core i7 9700K

14441

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i7 9700K

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

8

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700K

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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