Intel Core i7-870 vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i7-870 vs Ryzen 9 9900X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Core i7-870 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-870. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-870. It also has more threads than the Core i7-870. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-870 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9900X CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-870 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.