AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i7-9700F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700F is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Indeed, the Core i7-9700F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than the Core i7-9700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700F. The Core i7-9700F outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700F. The Ryzen 5 1600X 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 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.