Intel Core i7-9700KF 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

5685 points

6264 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8058 points

4% slightly better gaming score

7696 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4882 points

5820 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4678 points

5710 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5875 points

6544 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

123.75 points

175.52 points

41% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6872 points

7263 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1584 points

1794 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7138 points

7587 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1689 points

1845 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

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

275th 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

2019 February

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-9700KF vs Ryzen 9 5900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 5900HX outputs less heat than Core i7-9700KF thanks to a 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 5900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.