AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Ryzen 7 3700X vs Core i7-9800X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3700X beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 3700X. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 7 3700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9800X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.