AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i7-8700K

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i7-8700K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700G has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700K. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700G 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 5700G also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.