Intel Core i7-8700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i7-8700 vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Core i7-8700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.