Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 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
3588 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points
5548 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points
2965 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points
2883 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points
137.16 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4790 points
6064 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4733 points
5310 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1336 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.4 GHz
41% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
171% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
768 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
4 MiB
166% 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

546th of 1,089
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8700T vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700T is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700T. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700T. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its 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 7 PRO 1700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700T. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has slightly 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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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