Intel Core i7-10700TE vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-10700TE		AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU comparison Intel Core i7-10700TE or AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core i7-10700TE has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-10700TE was released in Q2/2020. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X was released in Q3/2019.

Intel Core i7 (298)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (35)
Intel Core i 10000 (43)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)
10	Generation	3
Comet Lake S	Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
Intel Core i7-9700TE	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i7-10700TE is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz (4.60 GHz).
Intel Core i7-10700TE	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
8	Cores	12
16	Threads	24
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.00 GHz	Frequency	3.80 GHz
4.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.00 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i7-10700TE	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel UHD Graphics 630	GPU	no iGPU
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.15 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology
3	Max. displays
24	Compute units	--
192	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 630	GPU	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i7-10700TE supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-10700TE	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
DDR4-2933	Memory	DDR4-3200
128 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	6.00 MB
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	20
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-10700TE has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is 105 W.
Intel Core i7-10700TE	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	105 W
--	TDP (PL2)	142 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i7-10700TE has a 16.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X cache has a total of 70.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-10700TE	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
14 nm	Technology	7 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 1200	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2020	Release date	Q3/2019
330 $	Release price	485 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-10700TE (90%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i7-10700TE (52%)

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1177 (91%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1300 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	6234 (50%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	12454 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1515 (88%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1714 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	6749 (63%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	10689 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	452 (90%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	502 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	3896 (56%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	6954 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	12744 (39%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	32755 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	78 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1068 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	1302 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	18165 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz	442 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	281 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	115.9 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	536 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 3.80 GHz	8183 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz	214 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i7-10700TE 8C 16T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz	3168 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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