Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 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

5440 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points

7698 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points

4785 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points

4637 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points

152.57 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6565 points

9225 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1621 points

2369 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

85% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

4.8 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB

6 MiB

300% 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

299th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-8700K vs Ryzen AI 5 340 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700K beats the Ryzen AI 5 340 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 5 340 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 AI 5 340 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen AI 5 340 also has slightly 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.