AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i7-9700KF

Ryzen 7 5800U vs Core i7-9700KF benchmarks

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 5800U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700KF CPU because of its significantly 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 5800U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700KF. The Ryzen 7 5800U also has slightly 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 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.