AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5 9500F
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i5 9500F with 6 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 's Advantages
Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.0GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)
Intel Core i5 9500F 's Advantages
Released 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
1170
Intel Core i5 9500F
+26%
1481
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
4526
Intel Core i5 9500F
+25%
5695
Blender
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
+57%
129
Intel Core i5 9500F
82
Geekbench 5 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
1029
Intel Core i5 9500F
+12%
1156
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
+7%
5638
Intel Core i5 9500F
5243
Passmark CPU Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
2242
Intel Core i5 9500F
+16%
2622
Passmark CPU Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
+28%
13124
Intel Core i5 9500F
10199
General Parameters
Sep 2018
Release Date
Apr 2019
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen+
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-9500F
AM4
Socket
LGA-1151
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Package
4.8 billions
Transistor Count
-
12 nm
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
6
3.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
34x
Multiplier
30x
96 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
512 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
16 MB shared
L3 Cache
9 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2933
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
64 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
43.71 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
3.0
20
PCIe Lanes
16
-
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
