AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i9-7900X

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i9-7900X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7900X beats the Ryzen 7 5700U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-7900X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700U. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-7900X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.