AMD Ryzen 5 2400G vs Intel Core i7-8700

AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
Intel Core i7-8700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i7-8700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-8700
    138%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-8700
    128%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-8700
    148%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 28% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 48% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 38% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-8700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-8700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8700

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-8700
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AES
F16C
BMI1
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-8700
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Coffelake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsCoffee Lake
Release DateJan 2018vsJan 2018

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-8700
Cores4vs6
Threads8vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon RX Vega 11vsIntel UHD 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-8700
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache1024 KB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-8700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackagevsFC-LGA1151
Die Size246mm²vs151mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2400GIntel Core i7-8700
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    4290 points
  • Intel Core i7-8700
    5520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    19324 points
  • Intel Core i7-8700
    27648 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    154
  • Intel Core i7-8700 (simulated)
    197.7

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2400G
    820
  • Intel Core i7-8700 (simulated)
    1221.19

points - higher is better