AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i5-9500

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Core i5-9500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1700 beats the Core i5-9500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500. According to our data, the Ryzen 7 1700 and Core i5-9500 have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 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 7 1700 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9500. The Ryzen 7 1700 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 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.