Intel Core i7-8750H vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

3418 points
2% slightly better overall score
3338 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4937 points
5184 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2961 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
2778 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2863 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
2668 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3442 points
3720 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.62 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
64.62 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4506 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3735 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1262 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1114 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4668 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3681 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1311 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1109 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

2.20 GHz
3.5 GHz
59% significantly 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

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

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

9 MiB
16 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

493rd of 1,089
499th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2017 November

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 i7-8750H vs Ryzen 5 1500X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8750H performs better than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1500X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-8750H has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1500X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8750H. Despite this, the Core i7-8750H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8750H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 1500X CPU because of its 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 5 1500X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8750H. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has significantly 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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