Intel Core i7-9700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

5685 points

5757 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8058 points

2% slightly better gaming score

7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4882 points

5067 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4678 points

4903 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

123.75 points

144.95 points

17% slightly higher Blender 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

19% slightly higher clock speed

3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

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

Identical

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

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

96 MiB

700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

286th of 1,104

282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700KF vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D performs better than the Core i7-9700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has more threads than the Core i7-9700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-9700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D 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 5500X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D also has significantly 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 i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.