Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 6 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

5874 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8019 points

8265 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4848 points

5178 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4655 points

5019 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.80 points

0.27% slightly higher Blender score

133.44 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7273 points

8200 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1702 points

2231 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

Identical

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

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

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

282nd of 1,089

261st of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700K vs Ryzen Z1 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Z1 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.

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 Z1 that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has more threads than the Core i7-9700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Z1. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700K. The Ryzen Z1 also has slightly 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.