Intel i9-9900k vs Ryzen 5 5600X

[Mctech]

Hello everyone! As the title implies, which cpu is better for me? 

 

What I am looking for: a cpu that is capable of gaming at high fps (paired with either an rtx 3060ti or an rtx 3070 that I will purchase), video editing, music production, streaming, and general use.

 

I am comparing the two cpus (even though they are widely different) because they are around the same price in California. I can pick up an i9-9900k for 300 dollars at microcenter and the MSRP for the ryzen 5 5600x (when they come back in stock) is 300 dollars. I know that while the ryzen 5 5600x has a stock cooler, I will have to buy a cooler for the i9-9900k. However, I was planning on buying a cooler anyways, regardless of the CPU because I heard that the stock cooler won't let you get the most out of your ryzen 5 5600x. Link to that information here:  

 

 

TLDR: which one should I get? What is better.

 

THANKS!

[mahyar]

5600x hands down

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

5600X

[Mctech]

10 minutes ago, mahyar said:

5600x hands down

thanks! can you please explain why though? the specs all point the i9-9900k to be better

[Mctech]

10 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

5600X

thanks but i would love to know why!

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

3 minutes ago, Mctech said:

thanks but i would love to know why!

Better gaming performance, which is a result of the much better IPC and single thread performance. The 9900K might win in some multi-thread workloads since it has more cores and threads, but the 5600X is the overall better CPU.

[xg32]

8 minutes ago, Mctech said:

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9900k is hot garbage compared to the 5600x in gaming, and it's mostly tied in multi-threaded workloads. The only thing the 9900k is better at might be RDR2.

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

1 minute ago, xg32 said:

The only thing the 9900k is better at might be RDR2.

It's also better at heating up the room in the winter. An often overlooked benchmark.

[Mctech]

7 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Better gaming performance, which is a result of the much better IPC and single thread performance. The 9900K might win in some multi-thread workloads since it has more cores and threads, but the 5600X is the overall better CPU.

just what I was looking for, thanks so much

[Mctech]

2 minutes ago, xg32 said:

9900k is hot garbage compared to the 5600x in gaming, and it's mostly tied in multi-threaded workloads. The only thing the 9900k is better at might be RDR2.

LMAO I don't even plan on playing RDR2

[Mctech]

1 minute ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

It's also better at heating up the room in the winter. An often overlooked benchmark.

shoot that is overlooked... Especially since I live in California which reaches freezing temps during the winter 

[jones177]

Here is a recent video on the subject.

 

[Mctech]

12 hours ago, jones177 said:

Here is a recent video on the subject.

 

great thanks for the video! I will watch it tomorrow to see which one I prefer. Judging from this forum though, the r5 5600x appears to be better

[jones177]

4 hours ago, Mctech said:

great thanks for the video! I will watch it tomorrow to see which one I prefer. Judging from this forum though, the r5 5600x appears to be better

I recently played Death Stranding and it used almost all of my 10 core i9 and it out performed my Intel 6 core by 15 frames. In games that use less than 6 cores they perform about the same. I am not buying any more 6 core CPUs.

 

If you want to go Ryren get the R 7 3800x it will last a lot longer. I will be doing a R9 5900x build around April. I need the get so GPUs first.

[Mctech]

On 12/5/2020 at 9:47 AM, jones177 said:

I recently played Death Stranding and it used almost all of my 10 core i9 and it out performed my Intel 6 core by 15 frames. In games that use less than 6 cores they perform about the same. I am not buying any more 6 core CPUs.

 

If you want to go Ryren get the R 7 3800x it will last a lot longer. I will be doing a R9 5900x build around April. I need the get so GPUs first.

yeah there is the argument that games are becoming more core and thread dependent, however, I don't see the value in the R 7 3800X as the Ryzen 5 5600X is cheaper and outperforms it in almost every caliber of tests.

[jones177]

44 minutes ago, Mctech said:

yeah there is the argument that games are becoming more core and thread dependent, however, I don't see the value in the R 7 3800X as the Ryzen 5 5600X is cheaper and outperforms it in almost every caliber of tests.

 

My gaming CPUs go into productivity builds after I am done with them and my 6 core i7 8700k and i7 8086ks struggle compared to my i9s so I am not getting any more 6 cores CPUs. 

 

Since I would not buy one I can not recommend one.