Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Price

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$ 199.43

$ 247.93 significantly less expensive

$ 447.36

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5644 points

16669 points

195% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points

14068 points

75% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points

17588 points

262% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points

17965 points

285% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5869 points

15917 points

171% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points

568.01 points

324% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7073 points

18904 points

167% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1627 points

2875 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points

19297 points

165% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points

2976 points

74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

4.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.7 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

78% significantly lower TDP

170 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

49% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

1024 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

16 MiB

700% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

64 MiB

433% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089

11th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 9 Desktop

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen 9 7950X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7950X 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-9700K has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7950X CPU because of its significantly 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 9 7950X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen 9 7950X 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.