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Intel Core i7 8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

38 out of 100
Intel Core i7 8700K
VS
34 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Intel Core i7 8700K
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700K with 6-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 2700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
47.3
(Average)
Value Index
16.4
(Bad)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 2700X and 8700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 8700K
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2666 RAM
  • 37% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 1741 vs 1269 points
  • More than 15ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 12 versus 14 nanometers
  • Newer - released 7 months later
  • Around 2.11 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 8700K
vs
Ryzen 7 2700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 8700K +37%
1741
Ryzen 7 2700X
1269
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 509.8 MB/sec 537.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 52.2 Klines/sec 58.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 149.8 pages/sec 135.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 210.4 Mpixels/sec 215.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 165.3 pages/sec 114.3 pages/sec
Background blur 38 images/sec 29.3 images/sec
Photo processing 61.1 images/sec 50.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.8 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 550 & 865 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 8700K +12%
2715
Ryzen 7 2700X
2415
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 8700K
13569
Ryzen 7 2700X +28%
17434
Integer math 45.9 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 28.5 GOps/sec 32.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 39M Primes/sec 41M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.2M Strings/sec 30.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.8 GBytes/sec 16.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 198.7 MBytes/sec 266.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 811 Frames/sec 787 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.5B Matrices/sec 10.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 18753 & 13809 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 8700K
126.94
Ryzen 7 2700X +19%
150.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.3 PPW 5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 72.9 PPW 61.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 142.8 PPW 166 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.34 PPW 1.43 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 8700K
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-03-12 (SPUUD)Cinebench 202469 / 486
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-03-09 (angry beaver)Cinebench 202470 / 504
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-14 (Mike)Cinebench 202474 / 520
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-12-01 (AzureWizzard)Cinebench 202472 / 499
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-04-21 (Ian Geraldi Cordeiro)Cinebench 202464 / 398
Add View all (5)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-29 (Moss)Cinebench 202455 / 522
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 8700K and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 5, 2017 April 19, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Coffee Lake -
Model number i7-8700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 2700X - Intel Core i7 8700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#173rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 37x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.8 billions
Fabrication Process 14 nm 12 nm
TDP (PL1) 95 W 105 W
Socket LGA-1151 AM4
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 85ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (155th and 165th place)

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 -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 8700K
0.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 2700X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 630 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR4-2933
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 43.71 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 8700K official page AMD Ryzen 7 2700X official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
5 (13.2%)
33 (86.8%)
Total votes: 38

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Comments

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