AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-9700F

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

$ 198.00
$ 48.50 slightly less expensive
$ 246.50

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
24% slightly better overall score
5091 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
1% slightly better gaming score
7520 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
4300 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
40% slightly better heavy workload score
4118 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5225 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
109.06 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6336 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1492 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6401 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1584 points

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

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% 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

2
Identical
2

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
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

233rd of 1,089
339th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
9th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i7-9700F specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X beats the Core i7-9700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700F in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 3700X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 3700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F 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 i7-9700F. The Ryzen 7 3700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 3700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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