Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700K. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its slightly 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 9800X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.