Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5130 points
22% slightly better overall score
4185 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points
19% slightly better gaming score
5956 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points
23% slightly better multitasking score
3648 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
3528 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
101.12 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6565 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5479 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1621 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1585 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
15 W
533% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

335th of 1,089
421st of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2022 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 5625U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700K beats the Ryzen 5 5625U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5625U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5625U. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5625U 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 5625U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 5 5625U 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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