Intel Core i5-9600K vs AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-9600K and AMD Athlon PRO 200GE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9600K

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • Around 44% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2738 vs 1736
  • 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10667 vs 3693
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2018 vs June 2018
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.60 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache 256K (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache 9 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2738 vs 1736
PassMark - CPU mark 10667 vs 3693

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-9600K
CPU 2: AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2738
1736
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
10667
3693
Name Intel Core i5-9600K AMD Athlon PRO 200GE
PassMark - Single thread mark 2738 1736
PassMark - CPU mark 10667 3693
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1249
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 5603
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 4240
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1574
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2984
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1574
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 318.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 50.533

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-9600K AMD Athlon PRO 200GE

Essentials

Architecture codename Coffee Lake Zen
Launch date October 2018 June 2018
Place in performance rating 1200 1212
Price now $279.99
Processor Number i5-9600K
Series 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors AMD Athlon PRO Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 14.04
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Family AMD Athlon PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD200BC6M2OFB
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.70 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
L1 cache 64K (per core) 192 KB
L2 cache 256K (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 9 MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 4.60 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 4
Unlocked
Compute Cores 5
Die size 192 mm
Number of GPU cores 3
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2666 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E98
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 630 Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics max frequency 1000 MHz
iGPU core count 3

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3
DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015D (130W)

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)