AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 170.99
$ 58.01 significantly less expensive
$ 229.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5776 points
1% slightly better overall score
5685 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6952 points
8058 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5375 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4882 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5256 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
4678 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4802 points
5875 points
22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.45 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
123.75 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6148 points
6872 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1232 points
1584 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6111 points
7138 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1254 points
1689 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.35 GHz
4.9 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
95 W
10% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

271st of 1,089
275th 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 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i7-9700KF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 2700X performs better than the Core i7-9700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 2700X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-9700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-9700KF outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 7 2700X also has slightly 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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