AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Ryzen 7 9700X vs Core i9-9900KS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9700X beats the Core i9-9900KS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 9700X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9900KS 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 9700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KS. The Ryzen 7 9700X 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 9700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.