Intel Core i7-9700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Core i7-9700 vs Ryzen 5 4500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700 beats the Ryzen 5 4500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4500. Indeed, the Core i7-9700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500 has more threads than the Core i7-9700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 4500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5 4500 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.