AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i5-9500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4724 points
52% significantly better overall score
3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5587 points
8% slightly better gaming score
5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4432 points
78% significantly better multitasking score
2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4341 points
82% significantly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

128.00 points
138% significantly higher Blender score
53.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5049 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4181 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

987 points
1210 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5186 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4238 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1027 points
1248 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
166% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

372nd of 1,089
524th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
9th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 1700 vs Core i5-9500T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 1700 beats the Core i5-9500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-9500T. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-9500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-9500T. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-9500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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