Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5644 points
6264 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points
4% slightly better gaming score
7696 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points
5820 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points
5710 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5869 points
6544 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points
175.52 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points
7263 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1627 points
1794 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points
7587 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points
1845 points
8% slightly 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
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
45 W
111% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089
239th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 9 5900HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i7-9700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. 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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