AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE vs Intel Core i7-8700K

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jul 2020
AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
Intel Core i7-8700K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3700 MHz / Cores: 6 / Oct 2017
Intel Core i7-8700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
    112%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    103%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
    128%
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 28% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
60 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8700K

None

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GEIntel Core i7-8700K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GEIntel Core i7-8700K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameRenoirvsCoffee Lake
Release DateJul 2020vsOct 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GEIntel Core i7-8700K
Cores8vs6
Threads16vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GEIntel Core i7-8700K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8MBvs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GEIntel Core i7-8700K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsFC-LGA1151
Die Sizeunknownvs151mm²
Process7 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GEIntel Core i7-8700K
Cpu Frequency3100 MHzvs3700 MHz
Turbo Clock4300 MHzvs4700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP35 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
    4816 points
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    5640 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE
    33886 points
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    31968 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE (simulated)
    194.48
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    202

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE (simulated)
    1809.19
  • Intel Core i7-8700K
    1412

points - higher is better