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Core i9-9900K vs Ryzen 5 5500U


Description
The i9-9900K is based on Coffee Lake architecture while the 5500U is based on Zen 2.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i9-9900K gets a score of 529.3 k points while the 5500U gets 261.9 k points.

Summarizing, the i9-9900K is 2 times faster than the 5500U. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ed
860f81
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Lucienne
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.6 GHz
2.1 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
BGA 1140
Cores/Threads
8/16
6/12
TDP
95 W
15 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32+8x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
8x256 kB
6x512 kB
Cache L3
16384 kB
2x4096 kB
Date
October 2018
March 2021
Mean monothread perf.
81.91k points
53.76k points
Mean multithread perf.
529.32k points
261.91k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i9-9900K
5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
32.08k
15.63k (x0.49)
Test#2 (FP)
28.17k
23k (x0.82)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.68k
8.62k (x1.29)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.98k
6.51k (x0.43)
TOTAL
81.91k
53.76k (x0.66)

Multithread

i9-9900K

5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
242.98k
90.38k (x0.37)
Test#2 (FP)
220.16k
118.74k (x0.54)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
53.97k
48.39k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.22k
4.4k (x0.36)
TOTAL
529.32k
261.91k (x0.49)

Performance/W
i9-9900K
5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
2558 points/W
6025 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2317 points/W
7916 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
568 points/W
3226 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
129 points/W
294 points/W
TOTAL
5572 points/W
17461 points/W

Performance/GHz
i9-9900K
5500U
Test#1 (Integers)
6417 points/GHz
3908 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5634 points/GHz
5750 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1335 points/GHz
2156 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2996 points/GHz
1628 points/GHz
TOTAL
16382 points/GHz
13441 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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