AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7-9700

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5500 and Intel Core i7-9700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3058 vs 2773
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19388 vs 13301
  • Around 7% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 5430 vs 5093
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 vs 23 April 2019
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 3 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3058 vs 2773
PassMark - CPU mark 19388 vs 13301
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5430 vs 5093

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9700

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 4.70 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100 °C vs 90 °C
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Maximum frequency 4.70 GHz vs 4.2 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100 °C vs 90 °C
L1 cache 512 KB vs 384 KB
L3 cache 12 MB vs 8 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5500
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-9700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3058
2773
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19388
13301
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
5430
5093
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Intel Core i7-9700
PassMark - Single thread mark 3058 2773
PassMark - CPU mark 19388 13301
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5430 5093
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1218
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 31.952
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 428.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 21.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 31.783

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Intel Core i7-9700

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Coffee Lake
Launch date 4 Apr 2022 23 April 2019
OPN Tray 100-000000457
Place in performance rating 774 768
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $323, $335
Processor Number i7-9700

Performance

Base frequency 3.6 GHz 3.00 GHz
Die size 180 mm²
L1 cache 384 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 90 °C 100 °C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 4.70 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 12 8
Transistor count 10700 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2015C (65W)

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E98
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)