Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD Custom 0405

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

2945 points
3095 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points
5138 points
22% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
2486 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
2385 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points
29% slightly higher Blender score
71.27 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.8 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

546th of 1,089
525th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8700T vs Custom 0405 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Custom 0405 performs better than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Custom 0405. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Custom 0405. It also has more threads than the Custom 0405. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Custom 0405 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Custom 0405 has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Custom 0405.

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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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