Intel Core i7-9700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 338.78
$ 155.73
$ 183.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5190 points
5521 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7573 points
8044 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4403 points
4773 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4217 points
4617 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5171 points
5215 points
0.85% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.42 points
159.49 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6222 points
9444 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1571 points
2354 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
3.55 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-9700 vs Ryzen 5 8500G specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 8500G that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has more threads than the Core i7-9700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 5 8500G also has slightly 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. For instance, the Core i7-9700 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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