Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 3 4100

Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 3 4100 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700K is faster than the Ryzen 3 4100. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 4100 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 4100. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 4100. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700K. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-9700K also has significantly 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 i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.