Intel Core i7 8700 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 's Advantages
Released 6 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (43.71GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)