AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7-9700F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-9700F beats the Ryzen 5 1600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-9700F has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1600 that has 6 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than the Core i7-9700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 1600 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700F. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has slightly 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 Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.