Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 7 9700X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9700X beats the Core i7-8700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700K. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9700X outputs less heat than Core i7-8700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 9700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 9700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.