Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600X 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700K. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its slightly 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 7600X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 5 7600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.