Intel Core i7-9700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
            Intel Core i7-9700KF
            
                $374
            
        
    
            AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
            
                $329
            
        
    | 
                             8 Cores 
                            8 Threads 
                            3.6GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             8 Cores 
                            16 Threads 
                            3.6GHz Clock 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Socket 
                            LGA 1151 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Socket 
                            AM4 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             iGPU 
                            
                                No GPU 
                            
                            - - 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             iGPU 
                            
                                No GPU 
                            
                            - - 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,695
                                            
                                             
                                    42% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,670
                                            
                                             
                                    41% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 7,235
                                            
                                             
                                    27% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            
                                                GB6M 8,100
                                            
                                             
                                    30% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23S N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23S 1,305 
                                            50% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         CB23M N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         CB23M 12,360 
                                            29% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            Intel
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            AMD
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Skylake
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Zen 2
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Core 9th Gen
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            Ryzen 3000
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
                            
| 
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Instruction Set (ISA) 
                                        x86-64 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        Coffee Lake-R 
                                        - 
                                        Coffee Lake-8C 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        Matisse 
                                        Aspen Highlands 
                                        Matisse 1CCD 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Desktop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        6/1/2019 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        7/7/2019 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Foundry 
                                        Intel 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        GlobalFoundries (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Node 
                                        14nm++ 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Node 
                                        N7 
                                        12LP (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        174 mm² 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        74 mm² 
                                        125 mm² (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        3 Billion 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        3.8 Billion 
                                        2.1 Billion (IO Die) 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         8 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         8 Cores 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         8 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         16 Threads 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        3.6GHz 
                                        4.9GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        3.6GHz 
                                        4.4GHz Boost 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Locked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Overclocking 
                                        Unlocked 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Type 
                                        DMI 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Type 
                                        PCIe 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        8GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Lanes 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        4GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth 
                                        8GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        8GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bi-directional 
                                        16GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Instruction 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L0 Data 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Instruction 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L1 Data 
                                        32KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L2 
                                        256KB/Core 
                                        4-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L2 
                                        512KB/Core 
                                        8-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        12MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L3 
                                        - 
                                        32MB Shared 
                                        - 
                                        16-way set associative 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Channels 
                                        2 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Memory 
                                        128GB 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         ECC 
                                        Not Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width/Channel 
                                        64Bit 
                                        Bus Width 
                                        128Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Clock 
                                        1333MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        2666MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        1600MHz 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        3200MT/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        21.3GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        42.7GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bandwidth/Channel 
                                        25.6GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        51.2GB/s 
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         TDP 
                                        95W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         TDP 
                                        65W 
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        87W Peak 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Temp 
                                        100°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Temp 
                                        95°C Max 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Included Cooler 
                                            
                                            Not Included 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Included Cooler 
                                        
                                            Wraith Prism
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         PCIe 4.0 x20 Lanes 
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                            
                                             No GPU 
                                        
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                            
                                             No GPU 
                                        
                                        - 
                                        - 
                                        - - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         No NPU 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         -  
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                                         -  
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                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         No Cellular 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         No Cellular 
                                     | 
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
                            
                                
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