AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i7 8700

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i7 8700 with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X's Advantages

Released 4 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

Intel Core i7 8700's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +61%

1951

Intel Core i7 8700

1210

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +115%

15204

Intel Core i7 8700

7056

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +119%

2759

Intel Core i7 8700

1258

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +183%

12453

Intel Core i7 8700

4394

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +88%

2200

Intel Core i7 8700

1166

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +92%

11925

Intel Core i7 8700

6209

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +59%

4211

Intel Core i7 8700

2647

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +122%

28663

Intel Core i7 8700

12874

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Intel Core i7 8700

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Oct 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-8700

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

5.3 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

47x

Multiplier

32x

-

L1 Cache

64K per core

6MB

L2 Cache

256K per core

32MB shared

L3 Cache

12MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

True

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1200 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

-

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8700

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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