Intel Core i7-8705G vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 1500

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop 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

2382 points

3172 points

33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3668 points

4936 points

34% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1988 points

2640 points

32% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1908 points

2535 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3878 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

3447 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1153 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

911 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3988 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

3602 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1284 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1144 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.5 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

384 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

16 MiB

100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

646th of 1,089

515th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 February

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-8705G vs Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8705G beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8705G. Despite this, the Core i7-8705G has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8705G. The Ryzen 5 PRO 1500 also has significantly 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 i7-8705G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.