Intel Core i7-8086K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5045 points
5183 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6765 points
6% slightly better gaming score
6325 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4495 points
4852 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4358 points
4781 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

130.84 points
150.48 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8686 points
10085 points
16% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7075 points
7672 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1713 points
1776 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4 GHz
48% significantly higher clock speed
2.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
4.75 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

344th of 1,089
327th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8086K vs Ryzen 7 7735U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7735U is faster than the Core i7-8086K. Despite this, the Core i7-8086K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7735U has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8086K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 7735U. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7735U outputs less heat than Core i7-8086K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 7735U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8086K. The Ryzen 7 7735U also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.

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