AMD Ryzen 7 2700U vs Intel Core i3-8350K

Ryzen 7 2700U vs Core i3-8350K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-8350K beats the Ryzen 7 2700U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-8350K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 2700U. A Ryzen 7 2700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-8350K 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 7 2700U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8350K. Despite this, the Core i3-8350K has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 2700U.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.