Intel Core i7-8700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i7-8700 vs Ryzen 9 8945HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HS performs better than the Core i7-8700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HS 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700. The Ryzen 9 8945HS 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.