AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i5-10500T

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core i5-10500T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700X performs better than the Core i5-10500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-10500T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500T. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-10500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 1700X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.