Intel Core i7-10700T vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 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
11380 points
108% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7011 points
10581 points
50% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4964 points
11723 points
136% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4832 points
11982 points
147% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.67 points
538.07 points
381% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
57% significantly lower TDP
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

297th of 1,089
61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700T vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700T is faster than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-10700T has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700T. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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