Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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
5256 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points
1% slightly better gaming score
6981 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points
4714 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points
4573 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
112.70 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6565 points
7001 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1621 points
1765 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
4.55 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
54 W
75% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

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
315th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

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 7535HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700K performs better than the Ryzen 5 7535HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7535HS in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count 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 7535HS. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7535HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 5 7535HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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