Intel Core i7 9700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2019
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Coffee Lake
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i7-9700KF
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
AM4
Power Consumption
95 W
105 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
90 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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142 W
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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125 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4 GHz
Total Core Count
8
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
30
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
12 MB shared
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
41.6 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,234
1,379
Cinebench R23
9,090
9,804
Geekbench 6
1,704
1,932
Geekbench 5
1,272
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Geekbench 6
7,751
8,204
Geekbench 5
7,462
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Blender
100
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Passmark CPU
2,877
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Passmark CPU
14,360
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.