AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-9700K

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i7-9700K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-9700K performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 5800 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800. Also, the Core i7-9700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700K 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 i7-9700K. The Ryzen 7 5800 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.