AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i7-8700K

Ryzen 7 5800U vs Core i7-8700K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800U is faster than the Core i7-8700K. Despite this, the Core i7-8700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800U 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 Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5800U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Ryzen 7 5800U also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.