Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-9500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-9500 is 556 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1600X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-9500
- Performs up to 8% better in Rust than Ryzen 5 1600X - 198 vs 183 FPS
- Up to 17% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1600X - £148.88 vs £178.58
- Up to 23% better value when playing Rust than Ryzen 5 1600X - £0.75 vs £0.98 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1600X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500 - 12 vs 6 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
FPS
198
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.75/FPS
100%
Price, £
£148.88
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Buy for £148.88 on Amazon
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Buy for £178.58 on Amazon
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Updated 174 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-9500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
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Oct 19th, 2018 | Release Date | Apr 11th, 2017 |
Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
Coffee Lake | Codename | Summit Ridge |
Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 6 |
6 | Threads | 12 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
UHD 630 | Integrated Graphics | None |
No | Overclockable | Yes |