Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i7-8700K benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Core i7-8700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.
Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Ryzen 5 5600X and Core i7-8700K are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-8700K 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 5600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 5 5600X 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 Ryzen 5 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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