AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Core i7-9700KF specs and performance

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-9700KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads than the Core i7-9700KF. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 5 3600XT 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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.