Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Core i7-8700T vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U beats the Core i7-8700T in overall performance. 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 Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Also, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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 5 PRO 2500U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U.

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