AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i7-10700K

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i7-10700K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800XT beats the Core i7-10700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 3800XT CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10700K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700K. The Ryzen 7 3800XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.