Intel Core i7-9700F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

5091 points

15% slightly better overall score

4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7520 points

15% slightly better gaming score

6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4300 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4118 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

3630 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

109.06 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

86.99 points

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

30% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

3 MiB

49% 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

339th of 1,089

400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700F vs Ryzen 5 7430U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700F beats the Ryzen 5 7430U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7430U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has more threads than the Core i7-9700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700F. The Ryzen 5 7430U also has slightly 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 i7-9700F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.