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Intel logo Core i7-8700K
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General information Core i7-8700K Ryzen 5 3500X
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA1151-2 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Matisse
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 2.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.7 GHz 0 % 4.1 GHz 12.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 7 nm 50 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
6 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
2 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-8700K Ryzen 5 3500X
Overall Score 54642 0 % 54160 0.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 15.1 % 73 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 8915 0 % 8604 3.5 %
Single Thread Score 2719.3 0 % 2486 8.6 %
Encrypting Data 4793.9 MB/s 34.1 % 7274.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 196.4 MB/s 0 % 139.3 MB/s 29.1 %
String objects sorting 25700.9 thousand/s 0 % 16385 thousand/s 36.2 %
Prime numbers generation 39 millions/s 66.9 % 117.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45531.5 millions/s 0 % 32333.4 millions/s 29 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28602.4 millions/s 0 % 23290.9 millions/s 18.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Ryzen 5 3500X.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Ryzen 5 3500X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.5 FPS 115.1 FPS
High settings 186.4 FPS 184.1 FPS
Medium settings 233.1 FPS 230.2 FPS
Low settings 291.3 FPS 287.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-8700K Ryzen 5 3500X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.6 FPS 145.8 FPS
High settings 234.5 FPS 233.2 FPS
Medium settings 293.2 FPS 291.5 FPS
Low settings 366.5 FPS 364.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %
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