AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-9600K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000 Intel Core i 9000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  4 9
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Intel Core i5-8600K
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-10600K

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  12 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.6 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4.2 GHz 4.3 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel UHD Graphics 630
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2017
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-9600K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-2666
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  20 16
• PCIe version
  4.0 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  3200 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i5-9600K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  65 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i5-9600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vermeer (Zen 3) Coffee Lake S Refresh
• Codename
  Vermeer -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  3 MB -
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 9 MB
• Part Number
  100-000000065 -
• Release date
  2020-11-05 Q4/2018
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d