Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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
$ 47.41 slightly less expensive
$ 246.84

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5644 points
10008 points
77% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points
12170 points
51% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points
9291 points
91% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points
9088 points
95% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5869 points
9007 points
53% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points
281.95 points
110% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
15168 points
114% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1627 points
2857 points
75% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points
15466 points
112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points
2977 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
4.50 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.4 GHz
10% 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
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
8 MiB
300% 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
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

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 7 7700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700X is faster than the Core i7-9700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 7700X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7700X 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 7 7700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 7 7700X 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.

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