Intel Core i7-5820K vs Intel Core i7-8705G

Core i7-5820K vs Core i7-8705G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Core i7-8705G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8705G in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-8705G that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8705G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8705G outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.