Intel Core i9-10900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 439.00
$ 246.84
$ 192.16 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8768 points
10008 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9745 points
12170 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8418 points
9291 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8304 points
9088 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8953 points
9007 points
0.60% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.11 points
281.95 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9629 points
15168 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1774 points
2857 points
61% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9168 points
15466 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1783 points
2977 points
66% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
4.50 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
5.4 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
105 W
19% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
8 MiB
220% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
32 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

117th of 1,089
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-10900KF vs Ryzen 7 7700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700X is faster than the Core i9-10900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-10900KF has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900KF. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7700X outputs less heat than Core i9-10900KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900KF. The Ryzen 7 7700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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