Intel Core i7-9700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Core i7-9700 vs Ryzen 5 7600X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X beats the Core i7-9700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads than the Core i7-9700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its 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 5 7600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 5 7600X 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.