Intel Core i7-10700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Core i7-10700K vs Ryzen 9 9950X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9950X is faster than the Core i7-10700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9950X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X CPU because of its slightly 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 9950X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700K. The Ryzen 9 9950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.