Intel Core i7-10700T vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 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

5467 points
5702 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7011 points
7868 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4964 points
4995 points
0.62% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4832 points
0.08% slightly better heavy workload score
4828 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.67 points
144.95 points
29% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.00 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
200% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

311th of 1,118
289th of 1,118

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700T vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is faster than the Core i7-10700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10700T has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700T. Despite this, the Core i7-10700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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