Intel Core i7-8565U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Core i7-8565U vs Ryzen 7 5700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700X beats the Core i7-8565U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8565U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5700X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8565U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-8565U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8565U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8565U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-8565U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5700X CPU because of its 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 5700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8565U. The Ryzen 7 5700X also has significantly 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 i7-8565U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.