AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-9700F

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i7-9700F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i7-9700F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-9700F. Despite this, the Core i7-9700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-9700F 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 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-9700F. The Ryzen 9 5900HX also has slightly 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 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.