Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i7-7700K vs Ryzen 9 7950X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X beats the Core i7-7700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-7700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-7700K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7950X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen 9 7950X 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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.