Intel Core i7-9700F vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Core i7-9700F vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 9600X performs better than the Core i7-9700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700F has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600X has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than the Core i7-9700F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700F. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700F. The Ryzen 5 9600X 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 i7-9700F has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.