AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i7 9700KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 9700KF 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 5600 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 3 months late

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

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i7 9700KF 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +20%

1491

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +21%

11071

Intel Core i7 9700KF

9090

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +17%

1995

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1704

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +9%

8477

Intel Core i7 9700KF

7751

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +32%

182

Intel Core i7 9700KF

137

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +19%

1526

Intel Core i7 9700KF

1272

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +2%

7642

Intel Core i7 9700KF

7462

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +12%

3247

Intel Core i7 9700KF

2877

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +48%

21382

Intel Core i7 9700KF

14360

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Core i7 9700KF

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

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

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 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

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700KF

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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