Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.43
$ 177.00
$ 22.43 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5644 points
8583 points
52% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points
11637 points
45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points
7604 points
56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points
7365 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5869 points
6996 points
19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points
208.44 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
12562 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1627 points
2799 points
72% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points
12876 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points
2889 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.70 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
10% slightly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089
121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 5 7600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7600X performs better than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700K. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 5 7600X 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.

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