AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 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

$ 198.00
$ 31.00 slightly less expensive
$ 229.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6345 points
11% slightly better overall score
5685 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7643 points
8058 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5911 points
21% slightly better multitasking score
4882 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5785 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
4678 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6052 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5875 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

180.28 points
45% significantly higher Blender score
123.75 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8116 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6872 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1623 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1584 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8090 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7138 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1674 points
1689 points
0.90% 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

3.6 GHz
Identical
3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 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
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

2019 July
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 3700X vs Core i7-9700KF specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3700X 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 3700X has more threads. According to our data, the Ryzen 7 3700X and Core i7-9700KF have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 3700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. 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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