AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7 8700

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Intel Core i7 8700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz 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 3600XT 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (47.68GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz 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

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +9%

1323

Intel Core i7 8700

1211

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +38%

9812

Intel Core i7 8700

7068

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +40%

1767

Intel Core i7 8700

1258

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +71%

7554

Intel Core i7 8700

4394

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +2%

146

Intel Core i7 8700

143

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +14%

1339

Intel Core i7 8700

1166

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +22%

7577

Intel Core i7 8700

6209

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +3%

2740

Intel Core i7 8700

2647

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT +43%

18504

Intel Core i7 8700

12874

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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Intel Core i7 8700

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Oct 2017

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2 (Matisse)

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-8700

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

No

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

32x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 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

-

Graphics Performance

0.38 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8700

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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