Core i7-8700 vs Ryzen 7 6800HS comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 6800HS performs better than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700. Also, the Ryzen 7 6800HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800HS outputs less heat than Core i7-8700 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 6800HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Ryzen 7 6800HS 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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