Intel Core i7-10700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 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

7179 points
0.62% slightly better overall score
7135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8706 points
9019 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6665 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
6520 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6515 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
6356 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.73 points
172.91 points
0.10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8135 points
9559 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points
1990 points
15% 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

3.8 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
45 W
177% significantly lower TDP

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
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

179th of 1,089
183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700KF vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 9 PRO 6950H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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