Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 3000 Series 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
5% slightly better overall score
2795 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points
4675 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
2258 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
2176 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
53.58 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4790 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2545 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
911 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4733 points
60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2954 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1336 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
929 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
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
Identical
4 GHz

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
Identical
384 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
570th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen PRO 3000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2019 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-8700T vs Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U.

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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