Intel Core i7-10700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 298.15
$ 68.37
$ 229.78 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6267 points
17% slightly better overall score
5312 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7929 points
8% slightly better gaming score
7287 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5718 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
4672 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5568 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
4523 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6944 points
43% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4824 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

143.42 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
124.29 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7115 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6235 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1560 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

238th of 1,089
309th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700 vs Ryzen 5 4500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 4500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4500. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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