AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i5-9600K

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
Intel Core i5-9600K $262
4 Cores
8 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
6 Cores
6 Threads
3.7GHz Clock
Socket
AM4
Socket
LGA 1151
iGPU
No GPU
- -
iGPU
UHD 630 1150MHz
440 GFLOPS FP32

GB6 Single-Core

  • 29% slower vs Core i5-9600K
  • 40% faster vs Ryzen 5 2500X
Ryzen 5 2500X - GB6S 1,235
x1
Core i5-9600K - GB6S 1,730
x1.4

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 40% slower vs Core i5-9600K
  • 66% faster vs Ryzen 5 2500X
Ryzen 5 2500X - GB6M 3,900
x1
Core i5-9600K - GB6M 6,480
x1.66
  • 10% faster vs Core i5-9600K
  • 9% slower vs Ryzen 5 2500X
Ryzen 5 2500X - 46.9GB/s
x1.1
Core i5-9600K - 42.7GB/s
x1
  • 32% lower vs Core i5-9600K
  • 46% higher vs Ryzen 5 2500X
Ryzen 5 2500X - 65W
x1
Core i5-9600K - 95W
x1.46
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S 1,185
46%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M 6,595
15%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Architecture
Zen+
Architecture
Skylake
Family
Ryzen 2000
Family
Core 9th Gen
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Pinnacle Ridge
Zeppelin
-
Codename
Coffee Lake-R
-
Coffee Lake-6C
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
9/10/2018
Release Date
6/1/2019
Foundry
GlobalFoundries
Foundry
Intel
Node
12LP
Node
14nm++
Die Size
213 mm²
Die Size
150 mm²
Transistor Count
4.8 Billion
Transistor Count
2.5 Billion
4 Cores
6 Cores
8 Threads
6 Threads
3.6GHz
4GHz Boost
3.7GHz
4.6GHz Boost
Overclocking
Unlocked
Overclocking
Locked
Type
PCIe
Type
DMI
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Transfer Rate
8GT/s
Lanes
4
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bandwidth
4GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
Bi-directional
8GB/s
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
512KB/Core
8-way set associative
L2
256KB/Core
4-way set associative
L3
8MB Shared
16-way set associative
L3
9MB Shared
16-way set associative
Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
64GB
Max Memory
128GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1467MHz
Transfer Rate
2933MT/s
Clock
1333MHz
Transfer Rate
2666MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
23.5GB/s
Bandwidth
46.9GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
21.3GB/s
Bandwidth
42.7GB/s
TDP
65W
TDP
95W
-
-
Temp
100°C Max
PCIe 3.0 x20 Lanes
PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes
No GPU
-
-
- -
UHD 630 1150MHz
192 Shaders
1150MHz
440 GFLOPS FP32
No NPU
No NPU
No Cellular
No Cellular
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