Intel Core i7-10700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  10 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 10000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-9700K AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-11700K --

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
  3.80 GHz 4.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7950X and Intel Core i7-10700K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-10700K and AMD Ryzen 9 7950X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 170 W
• TDP (PL2)
  229 W / 56 s 230 W
• TDP down
  95 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-10700K and Intel Core i7-10700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Comet Lake S Raphael (Zen 4)
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1200 AM5
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q4/2022