AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-9700

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i7-9700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-9700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3600X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700 has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Indeed, the Core i7-9700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than the Core i7-9700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X 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 3600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 5 3600X also has significantly 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 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.