AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-8700K

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Intel Core i7-8700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2017
Intel Core i7-8700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    109%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    112%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    129%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 29% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8700K

12% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 2700XIntel Core i7-8700K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 2700XIntel Core i7-8700K
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsCoffee Lake
Release DateMar 2018vsOct 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 2700XIntel Core i7-8700K
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 2700XIntel Core i7-8700K
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 2700XIntel Core i7-8700K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA1151
Die Size192mm²vs151mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 2700XIntel Core i7-8700K
Cpu Frequency3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4350 MHzvs4700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP105 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    4785 points
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    5640 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    39723 points
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    31968 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    1828
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    1412

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
    180
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    202

points - higher is better