AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Ryzen 5 3450U vs Core i7-8700T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700T beats the Ryzen 5 3450U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3450U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3450U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3450U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U. Also, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3450U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3450U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U.

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 Ryzen 5 3450U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.