AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-10700K

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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 219.80
$ 161.19 significantly less expensive
$ 380.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
16% slightly better overall score
6751 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
14% slightly better gaming score
8301 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
6232 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
6087 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7292 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
177.76 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8022 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1655 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8131 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1719 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

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
19% slightly lower TDP
125 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

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

151st of 1,089
207th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-10700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i7-10700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Both the Ryzen 7 5800X and Core i7-10700K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-10700K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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