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AMD Ryzen 7 4700S vs Intel Core i7-9700K. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2021
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
Released
Q4/2018
Overall score
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Intel Core i7-9700K
Intel Core i7-9700K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 4700S or Intel Core i7-9700K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Intel Core i7-9700K has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q4/2018.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 4700S Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    433 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 4700S CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    223 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    151 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    230 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    161 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    421 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    342 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    259 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 11% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 18 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.90 GHz left arrow 4.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-9700K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    208 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    170 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    208 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    307 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    360 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    70 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    675 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    141 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    9 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    121 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    42 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    108 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    7 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    309 place
  • Blender 3.1 Benchmark
    8 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 9
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000G left arrow Intel Core i 9000
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i7-10700K
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.20 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.00 GHz left arrow 4.90 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (8 Cores)
    3.60 GHz left arrow 4.60 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.20 GHz
  • Execution units
    left arrow 24
  • Shader
    left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 3
  • Generation
    left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    left arrow 12
  • Technology
    left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-9700K and AMD Ryzen 7 4700S. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    GDDR6 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    12 left arrow 16
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 4700S and Intel Core i7-9700K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 95 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    100 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 4700S and AMD Ryzen 7 4700S, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L3-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 12.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Coffee Lake S Refresh
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q4/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 4700S and Intel Core i7-9700K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1194
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
1246
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
11210
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
9214
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
451
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
481
Intel Core i7-9700K
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4275
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
3656
Intel Core i7-9700K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1122
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
1302
Intel Core i7-9700K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
7745
AMD Ryzen 7 4700S
7421
Intel Core i7-9700K

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