AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-10700KF

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i7-10700KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700KF beats the Ryzen 5 3500X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3500X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500X. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10700KF CPU because of its 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 3500X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700KF. The Ryzen 5 3500X also has significantly 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 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.