Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 7 5700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700X beats the Core i7-8700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5700X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5700X 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 5700X also has significantly 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.