AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5 9600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with 8 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i5 9600K with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 9MB)

Intel Core i5 9600K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Lower TDP (95W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +34%

1596

Intel Core i5 9600K

1187

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +130%

15228

Intel Core i5 9600K

6596

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +42%

2230

Intel Core i5 9600K

1566

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +62%

10271

Intel Core i5 9600K

6338

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +35%

1623

Intel Core i5 9600K

1198

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +87%

10572

Intel Core i5 9600K

5650

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +25%

3444

Intel Core i5 9600K

2738

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X +160%

27907

Intel Core i5 9600K

10716

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

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Intel Core i5 9600K

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Oct 2018

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-9600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

105 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

6

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

37x

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

9 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

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 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 7 5800X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 9600K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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