Intel Core i7 8700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700K against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 8700K
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Newer - released 3-years and 1-month later
- Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than the Core i7 8700K – 65 vs 95 Watt
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 33% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1654 vs 1242 points
- Around 6.08 GB/s (15%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | October 5, 2017 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Vermeer |
| Model number | i7-8700K | - |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | No |
Performance
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 37x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 95 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 192 | - |
| TMUs | 24 | - |
| ROPs | 3 | - |
| Execution Units | 24 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i7 8700K official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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