AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i7-2700K

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i7-2700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 1800X is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 1800X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-2700K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2700K. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 1800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.