AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i5 9600KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 with 8 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i5 9600KF 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 2700 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 9MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i5 9600KF 's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

1058

Intel Core i5 9600KF +18%

1251

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 +24%

8982

Intel Core i5 9600KF

7218

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

1115

Intel Core i5 9600KF +45%

1618

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

6098

Intel Core i5 9600KF +2%

6268

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

1013

Intel Core i5 9600KF +19%

1206

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 +21%

6735

Intel Core i5 9600KF

5559

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

2173

Intel Core i5 9600KF +26%

2752

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 +45%

15640

Intel Core i5 9600KF

10742

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

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Intel Core i5 9600KF

General Parameters

Apr 2018

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-9600KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

6

3.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

6

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

37x

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

Yes

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

AMD Ryzen 7 2700

Official Website

Intel Core i5 9600KF

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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