Intel Core i7-9700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

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?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5685 points

4% slightly better overall score

5419 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8058 points

19% slightly better gaming score

6732 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4882 points

5010 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4678 points

4902 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-9700KF and the Ryzen 7 7730U? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

123.75 points

130.22 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7138 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6209 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1689 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1630 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

79% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

15 W

533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

275th of 1,089

302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February

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 7 7730U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7730U beats the Core i7-9700KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 7730U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 7 7730U 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 i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.