AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-8700T

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

7869 points
167% significantly better overall score
2945 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
125% significantly better gaming score
4207 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
186% significantly better multitasking score
2558 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
189% significantly better heavy workload score
2473 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
130% significantly higher Blender score
92.37 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4790 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
67% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1265 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
115% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4733 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1336 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

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
17% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
35 W
200% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

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

151st of 1,089
546th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2018 May

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

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-8700T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8700T outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a 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 5800X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700T. The Ryzen 7 5800X also has significantly 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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