Intel Core i7 8700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i7 8700 with 6 cores 3.2GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i7 8700 Advantages
Integrated graphics card
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X Advantages
Released 1 years and 11 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i7 8700
+3%
1211
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
1166
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 8700
+5%
7068
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6717
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i7 8700
1258
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
+31%
1650
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i7 8700
4394
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
+48%
6523
General Parameters
Oct 2017
Release Date
Sep 2019
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Coffee Lake
Core Architecture
Matisse
i7-8700
Processor Number
-
LGA-1151
Socket
AMD Socket AM4
UHD Graphics 630
Integrated Graphics
N/A
-
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))
Package
-
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
14 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Die Size
74 mm²
-
I/O Process Size
12 nm
-
I/O Die Size
124 mm²
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
-
12
Performance Core Threads
-
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.1 GHz
6
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
6
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32x
Multiplier
36.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
256 K per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-2666
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
128 GB
Max Memory Size
-
2
Max Memory Channels
2
41.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
-
350 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
192
Shader Units
-
24
Texture Units
-
3
Raster Operation Units
-
24
Execution Units
-
15 W
Power Consumption
-
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
0.38 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
1.18 TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
3.0
PCIe Version
4
16
PCIe Lanes
24
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Extended Instruction Set
-
