Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7-9700K

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Aggregated performance score

Core i7-9700K
2018
8 cores / 8 threads
9.45
+17.8%
Ryzen 5 1600
2017
6 cores / 12 threads
8.02

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 18% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking733847
Place by popularitynot in top-10060
Value for money16.8014.83
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD Ryzen 5
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date19 October 2018 (5 years old)11 April 2017 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$374$219
Current price$243 (0.6x MSRP)$124 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i7-9700K has 13% better value for money than Ryzen 5 1600.

Technical specs

Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads812
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size178 mm2192 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA-1151AM4
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+no data
Identity Protection+no data
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size128 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth41.6 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 630-
Max video memory64 GB-
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+-
Clear Video HD+-
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHz-
InTru 3D+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3-

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+-
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304@24Hz-
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304@60Hz-
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096 x 2304@60Hz-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12-
OpenGL4.5-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 1600.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1620

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-9700K 9.45
+17.8%
Ryzen 5 1600 8.02

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 18% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-9700K 14477
+17.9%
Ryzen 5 1600 12281

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 18% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-9700K 1680
+57.2%
Ryzen 5 1600 1069

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 57% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-9700K 7176
+56.9%
Ryzen 5 1600 4575

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 57% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-9700K 7653
+68.6%
Ryzen 5 1600 4538

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 69% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-9700K 42778
+64.7%
Ryzen 5 1600 25970

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 65% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-9700K 12928
+56.8%
Ryzen 5 1600 8244

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 57% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-9700K 4.49
+52.6%
Ryzen 5 1600 6.85

Ryzen 5 1600 outperforms Core i7-9700K by 53% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-9700K 16
+25.9%
Ryzen 5 1600 13

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 26% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-9700K 1449
+28.3%
Ryzen 5 1600 1129

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 28% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-9700K 206
+39.8%
Ryzen 5 1600 147

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 40% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-9700K 2.37
+43.6%
Ryzen 5 1600 1.65

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 44% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-9700K 8.1
+26.6%
Ryzen 5 1600 6.4

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 27% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-9700K 7396
+116%
Ryzen 5 1600 3430

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 116% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-9700K 270
+52.5%
Ryzen 5 1600 177

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 53% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-9700K 95
+38%
Ryzen 5 1600 69

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 38% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-9700K 4825
+51.3%
Ryzen 5 1600 3189

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 51% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-9700K 27774
+43.2%
Ryzen 5 1600 19391

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 43% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i7-9700K 26471
+75.4%
Ryzen 5 1600 15096

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 75% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

i7-9700K 5744
+57.3%
Ryzen 5 1600 3652

Core i7-9700K outperforms Ryzen 5 1600 by 57% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.45 8.02
Recency 19 October 2018 11 April 2017
Physical cores 8 6
Threads 8 12
Cost $374 $219
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt

The Core i7-9700K is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 1600 in performance tests.


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