AMD Ryzen 7 2700 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

5158 points
66% significantly better overall score
3104 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
21% slightly better gaming score
5158 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
92% significantly better multitasking score
2485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
95% significantly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
141% significantly higher Blender score
53.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4181 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points
1210 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4238 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
1248 points
11% 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

3.2 GHz
45% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
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

332nd 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

2018 April
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 2700 vs Core i5-9500T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700 performs better than the Core i5-9500T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-9500T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-9500T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-9500T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-9500T. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-9500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700 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 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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