AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-10700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-10700

Price

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$ 198.00

$ 100.15 significantly less expensive

$ 298.15

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points

1% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points

7929 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

5718 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

5568 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points

6944 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points

25% slightly higher Blender score

143.42 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7060 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1560 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7115 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1625 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.8 GHz

9% 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

512 KiB

Identical

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

32 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089

238th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i7-10700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X performs better than the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 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 3700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly 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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.