AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7 9700KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 9700KF with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i7 9700KF 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Larger memory bandwidth (41.6GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

930

Intel Core i7 9700KF +32%

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

4641

Intel Core i7 9700KF +95%

9090

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1136

Intel Core i7 9700KF +50%

1704

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3734

Intel Core i7 9700KF +107%

7751

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

918

Intel Core i7 9700KF +38%

1272

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3861

Intel Core i7 9700KF +93%

7462

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

2111

Intel Core i7 9700KF +36%

2877

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

9063

Intel Core i7 9700KF +58%

14360

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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Intel Core i7 9700KF

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Jan 2019

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-9700KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

8

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

8

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 9700KF

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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