AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i7 8700K

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Intel Core i7 8700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 with 6 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 8700K with 6 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (3200 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Intel Core i7 8700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +22%

1487

Intel Core i7 8700K

1215

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +26%

11040

Intel Core i7 8700K

8734

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +35%

1995

Intel Core i7 8700K

1475

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +33%

8477

Intel Core i7 8700K

6339

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +17%

184

Intel Core i7 8700K

156

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +23%

1526

Intel Core i7 8700K

1233

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +15%

7642

Intel Core i7 8700K

6632

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +18%

3247

Intel Core i7 8700K

2748

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 +56%

21382

Intel Core i7 8700K

13661

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

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Intel Core i7 8700K

General Parameters

Apr 2022

Release Date

Oct 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Coffee Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-8700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1151

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

95 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.7 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

37x

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

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

-

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 5600

Official Website

Intel Core i7 8700K

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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