Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D performs better than the Core i7-9700K. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 5500X3D that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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 i7-9700K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.