Intel Core i7-9700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. 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
  9 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 9000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-10700K --

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
  3.60 GHz 3.40 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 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-9700K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-9700K and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-9700K and Intel Core i7-9700K, 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
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Refresh Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151-2 AM4
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q2/2022