AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i7-9800X

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6852 points

1% slightly better overall score

6761 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8244 points

8246 points

0.02% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6364 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

6264 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6214 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

6133 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.28 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

163.68 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

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

Identical

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

153% significantly lower TDP

165 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

Identical

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

203rd of 1,089

206th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 4700G vs Core i7-9800X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 4700G is faster than the Core i7-9800X. Despite this, the Core i7-9800X 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 Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4700G. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 7 4700G 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.

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 4700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.