AMD Ryzen 5 3500 vs Intel Core i7-9700

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 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

4057 points

5190 points

27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

7573 points

16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

4403 points

33% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

4217 points

33% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

5171 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

106.42 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5320 points

6174 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1456 points

1526 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5422 points

6222 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1517 points

1571 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.7 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

430th of 1,089

326th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500 vs Core i7-9700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 3500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700. 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 5 3500 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 Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.