AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Compare AMD 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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Intel Core i7-9700KF

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 99.00 significantly less expensive

$ 229.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

5685 points

36% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

8058 points

22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

4882 points

44% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

4678 points

43% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

5875 points

52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

123.75 points

44% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

6872 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

1584 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

7138 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

1689 points

7% 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

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.9 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

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

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

275th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2019 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i7-9700KF comparison

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-9700KF has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 3500X and Core i7-9700KF are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700KF 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 i7-9700KF. 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.