Intel Core i7-9700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition

Core i7-9700 vs Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700 beats the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition 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 Microsoft Surface Edition that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition has more threads than the Core i7-9700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 Microsoft Surface Edition 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 Microsoft Surface Edition.

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.