Intel Core i7-8750H vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Core i7-8750H vs Ryzen 7 1700X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700X performs better than the Core i7-8750H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8750H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8750H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8750H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 1700X 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 7 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8750H. The Ryzen 7 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.