Intel Core i7-9700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5190 points

5252 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7573 points

4% slightly better gaming score

7216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4403 points

4621 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4217 points

4465 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.42 points

172.19 points

61% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6222 points

8481 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1571 points

2104 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.50 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

4.9 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

6 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

326th of 1,089

317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700 vs Ryzen 5 7640U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7640U that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7640U has more threads than the Core i7-9700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Core i7-9700 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 5 7640U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 5 7640U also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.