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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i7-8700. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2022
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Released
Q4/2017
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Intel Core i7-8700
Intel Core i7-8700

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel Core i7-8700? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 6 / 12 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q2/2022.

Intel Core i7-8700 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q4/2017.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    250 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 9% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    124 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    156 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    101 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    145 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    208 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    322 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    199 place
  • Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
    147 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    366 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 4 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.60 GHz left arrow 4.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-8700 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    246 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    213 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    171 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    194 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    122 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    225 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    379 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    457 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    727 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    131 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    13 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    127 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    38 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    109 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    32 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    431 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
Intel Core i7-8700 Intel Core i7-8700
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 8000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 8
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 5 4600H left arrow Intel Core i7-7700
  • Successor
    -- left arrow Intel Core i7-9700
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Frequency
    3.50 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 630
  • GPU frequency
    -- left arrow 0.35 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 1.15 GHz
  • Execution units
    -- left arrow 24
  • Shader
    -- left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 64 GB
  • Max. displays
    -- left arrow 3
  • Generation
    -- left arrow 9.5
  • Technology
    -- left arrow 14 nm
  • Release date
    -- left arrow Q4/2017
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-8700 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i7-8700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow --
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    32.00 MB left arrow 12.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Coffee Lake S
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1151-2
  • Release date
    Q2/2022 left arrow Q4/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i7-8700.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
1504
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
1146
Intel Core i7-8700
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading
11077
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
7969
Intel Core i7-8700
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading
574
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
481
Intel Core i7-8700
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading
4479
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
3547
Intel Core i7-8700
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1538
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
1172
Intel Core i7-8700
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
8009
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
5891
Intel Core i7-8700
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
21732
AMD Ryzen 5 5600
15417
Intel Core i7-8700

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