Intel Core i7-8700T vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Core i7-8700T vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-8700T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700T. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700T. The Ryzen 9 6900HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.