AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i7-10700K

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i7-10700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3900X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900X 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 9 3900X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. The Ryzen 9 3900X 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.