Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 4500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 4500 is faster than the Core i7-8700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 4500. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 4500 outputs less heat than Core i7-8700K 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 5 4500 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 4500.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.