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    AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i7-8700

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 7 2700
    Intel Core i7-8700
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
    Intel Core i7-8700

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      106%
    • Intel Core i7-8700
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-8700
      116%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      127%
    • Intel Core i7-8700
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 2700

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 27% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8700

    16% higher single threaded performance.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 2700.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 2700

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-8700
    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 2700Intel Core i7-8700
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_Coffelake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsCoffee Lake
    Release DateMar 2018vsJan 2018

    Cores

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

    Cache

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

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 7 2700Intel Core i7-8700
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4600 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltagevariablevsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      4510 points
    • Intel Core i7-8700
      5520 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      34355 points
    • Intel Core i7-8700
      27648 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700
      1561
    • Intel Core i7-8700 (simulated)
      1221.19

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (simulated)
      169.66
    • Intel Core i7-8700 (simulated)
      197.7

    points - higher is better

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