AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i9-9820X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Core i9-9820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-9820X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Indeed, the Core i9-9820X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 2700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 2700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-9820X. Also, the Ryzen 7 2700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 2700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its 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 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.