AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-8700K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 224.25
$ 194.00
$ 30.25 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6410 points
24% slightly better overall score
5130 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points
22% slightly better gaming score
7103 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
4499 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5487 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4352 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5074 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
126.15 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8541 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
6462 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2046 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1549 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6565 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1621 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
Identical
3.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
335th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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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