Intel Core i7-10700F vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i7-10700F vs Ryzen 9 9900X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Core i7-10700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-10700F has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700F. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X CPU because of its 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 9900X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700F. The Ryzen 9 9900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.