Intel Core i7-10700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6380 points
37% slightly better overall score
4629 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8207 points
47% significantly better gaming score
5577 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5766 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
4389 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
4371 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6906 points
9299 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.44 points
186.26 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7260 points
7738 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1638 points
1930 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.3 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

228th of 1,089
378th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-10700F vs Ryzen 9 5980HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5980HX is faster than the Core i7-10700F. Despite this, the Core i7-10700F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-10700F. The Ryzen 9 5980HX outputs less heat than Core i7-10700F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700F. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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