Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D also has significantly 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.