Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 5 4500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700K performs better than the Ryzen 5 4500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4500 that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500 has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-9700K and Ryzen 5 4500 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500.

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 i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.