AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7 8700

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Intel Core i7 8700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz 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 3500X 's 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)

Intel Core i7 8700 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

Intel Core i7 8700 +3%

1211

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

Intel Core i7 8700 +5%

7068

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +31%

1650

Intel Core i7 8700

1258

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X +48%

6523

Intel Core i7 8700

4394

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i7 8700

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Oct 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-8700

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

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

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8700

4

PCIe Version

3.0

24

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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