10 specifications

Intel Core i9-10900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

On paper, the Intel Core i9-10900K has more cores (10 against 8), the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X boosts higher, and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700X carries more L3 cache. Specifications describe what each chip is designed to do; how much of that either one holds under continuous load is a separate question.

10 specifications · 5 with a higher side

Intel Core i9-10900K

Intel · Comet Lake (10th gen) · Desktop

Full specifications

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

AMD · Ryzen 7000 (Raphael, Zen 4) · Desktop

Full specifications

Cores and clocks

Cores

Threads

Base clock

3.7 GHz

4.5 GHz

Boost clock

5.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

Cache and power

L3 cache

20 MB

32 MB

TDP

125 W

105 W

Platform

Socket

FCLGA1200

AM5

Process

14 nm

5 nm

Integrated graphics

Intel UHD Graphics 630

AMD Radeon Graphics (RDNA 2, 2 CU)

Launched

2020-04

2022-09-27

A check marks the higher figure only on rows where higher is unambiguously better. Rows without one are not ties; they are specifications where “better” has no meaning.

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Every figure on this table is a design target. None of it is a measurement.

Nothing above describes how a processor behaves twenty minutes into a sustained workload, which is where two chips with nearly identical specifications routinely diverge. A boost clock is a ceiling the vendor permits, not a rate the chip sustains, and whether it holds depends on the cooling, the case, the power profile and the room. None of those appear on a specification sheet.

We deliberately do not reduce these figures to a single score. A composite invented from specifications would look authoritative and measure nothing, and choosing the weights would be choosing the winner.

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