Intel Core i7-8086K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i7-8086K vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8086K beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8086K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7520U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8086K. Despite this, the Core i7-8086K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.