i7-10700KF vs Ryzen 5 3550H

Place in the ranking	1234	662
Place by popularity	80	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	13.22	8.85
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Comet Lake (2020)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Bus rate	no data	8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	128K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Die size	209.78 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FP5	FCLGA1200
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	no data	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	64 GB	128 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	45.8 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 5 3550H 4.89

i7-10700KF 11.69
+139%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Ryzen 5 3550H 7767

i7-10700KF 18569
+139%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 5 3550H 943

i7-10700KF 1730
+83.5%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 5 3550H 2861

i7-10700KF 8230
+188%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.89	11.69
Recency	6 January 2019	30 April 2020
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	125 Watt

Ryzen 5 3550H has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

i7-10700KF, on the other hand, has a 139.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Core i7-10700KF is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 3550H in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 3550H is a notebook processor while Core i7-10700KF is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3550H and Core i7-10700KF, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.