AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-8700

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7246 points
51% significantly better overall score
4771 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
33% slightly better gaming score
6744 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
60% significantly better multitasking score
4149 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
63% significantly better heavy workload score
4005 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
4845 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
74% significantly higher Blender score
109.37 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9217 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
5865 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2067 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1478 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8758 points
46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5964 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2080 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1536 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
Identical
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% 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

175th of 1,089
368th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2017 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i7-8700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 5800 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-8700 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700. The Ryzen 7 5800 also has significantly 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 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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