Intel Core i7-10700K vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i7-10700K vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme performs better than the Core i7-10700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.