AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-10700KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 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

7246 points
0.93% slightly better overall score
7179 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
3% slightly better gaming score
8706 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
0.21% slightly better multitasking score
6665 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
0.41% slightly better heavy workload score
6515 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
7286 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
172.73 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8224 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1675 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8135 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1723 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
92% significantly lower TDP
125 W

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
100% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089
179th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i7-10700KF specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5800. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. The Ryzen 7 5800 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 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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