Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 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
1% slightly better overall score
2905 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points
4530 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
2414 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
2315 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points
116% significantly higher Blender score
42.57 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4733 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3589 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1336 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1176 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
2.40 GHz
0.04% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

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
550th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8700T vs Ryzen 3 7320U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 7320U is faster than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 7320U outputs less heat than Core i7-8700T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.

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

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