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. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 4100 outputs less heat than Core i7-9700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. 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.