Intel Core i7-9800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Core i7-9800X vs Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7600X performs better than the Core i7-9800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9800X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9800X. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600X outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.