Intel Core i7-10870H vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Core i7-10870H vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX performs better than the Core i7-10870H. Despite this, the Core i7-10870H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10870H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10870H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10870H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10870H. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10870H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU because of its slightly 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 9955HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10870H. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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 i7-10870H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.