AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-8700K

Ryzen 7 2700X vs Core i7-8700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 2700X beats the Core i7-8700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 2700X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 2700X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. According to our data, the Ryzen 7 2700X and Core i7-8700K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8700K outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700X thanks to a slightly 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 2700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 2700X also has slightly 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 7 2700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.