AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i7-9700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-9700

Price

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$ 199.99

$ 138.79 significantly less expensive

$ 338.78

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points

5190 points

0.62% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points

7573 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

4403 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

4217 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4136 points

5171 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

106.42 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5343 points

6174 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1083 points

1526 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points

6222 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points

1571 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

4.7 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089

326th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

9th Generation Core i7

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

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Core i7-9700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700 performs better than the Ryzen 7 2700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 2700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700. Despite this, the Core i7-9700 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 2700 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700. The Ryzen 7 2700 also has slightly 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 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.