AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-9700F

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Nov 2020
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i7-9700F
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Apr 2019
Intel Core i7-9700F

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    136%
  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    128%
  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    144%
  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 28% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 44% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 36% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-9700F

None

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-9700F
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-9700F
ArchitectureAMD Zen 3vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameVermeervsCoffee Lake
Release DateNov 2020vsApr 2019

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-9700F
Cores6vs8
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-9700F
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs64K (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256K (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs12MB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-9700F
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA14C
Die Sizeunknownvsunknown
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 5600XIntel Core i7-9700F
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvs4700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    5520 points
  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    5640 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
    32500 points
  • Intel Core i7-9700F
    28800 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (simulated)
    260.67
  • Intel Core i7-9700F (simulated)
    203.35

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (simulated)
    1863
  • Intel Core i7-9700F (simulated)
    1285

points - higher is better