AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and Intel Core i7-8700T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 5800

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3387 vs 2305
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25745 vs 10185
  • Around 8% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score: 7273 vs 6753
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 vs April 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 4.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB vs 12288 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3387 vs 2305
PassMark - CPU mark 25745 vs 10185
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7273 vs 6753

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8700T

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95 °C
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 5800
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8700T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3387
2305
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25745
10185
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score
CPU 1
CPU 2
7273
6753
Name AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i7-8700T
PassMark - Single thread mark 3387 2305
PassMark - CPU mark 25745 10185
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7273 6753
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1054
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4983
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1797
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7864
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1797
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5227
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7864

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i7-8700T

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Coffee Lake
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 April 2018
OPN Tray 100-000000456
Place in performance rating 530 527
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $429
Processor Number i7-8700T
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 8.58

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 2.40 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 16 12
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4-2666
Maximum memory bandwidth 41.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1151
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 25 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 1.90 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2015A (35W)

Peripherals

Number of USB ports 4.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x3E92
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 630

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot