AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i9 9900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Intel Core i9 9900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 9900K 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 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 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 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i9 9900K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +11%

1487

Intel Core i9 9900K

1333

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

11040

Intel Core i9 9900K +13%

12496

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +19%

1995

Intel Core i9 9900K

1665

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +32%

8477

Intel Core i9 9900K

6395

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

184

Intel Core i9 9900K +13%

209

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +20%

1526

Intel Core i9 9900K

1265

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

7642

Intel Core i9 9900K +9%

8406

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +10%

3247

Intel Core i9 9900K

2945

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +16%

21382

Intel Core i9 9900K

18381

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Core i9 9900K

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Oct 2018

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-9900K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

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

16 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 5600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 9900K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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