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General information Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-8700
Launched Q2 2018 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Pinnacle Ridge Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 8.7 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 64 GB 50 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 12 nm 14.3 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Data
6 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 15 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-8700
Overall Score 54767 0 % 53704 1.9 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 62 % 4.6 %
Benchmark Score 8996 0 % 8318 7.5 %
Single Thread Score 2386.4 9.6 % 2639.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 13163.6 MB/s 0 % 4520 MB/s 65.7 %
Compressing Data 195.4 MB/s 0 % 185.5 MB/s 5.1 %
String objects sorting 22953 thousand/s 5.2 % 24213.5 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 37.9 millions/s 0 % 34.8 millions/s 8.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47700 millions/s 0 % 44870 millions/s 5.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24473.1 millions/s 11.6 % 27685.7 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 2600X, Core i7-8700.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.4 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 187.8 FPS 182.8 FPS
Medium settings 234.7 FPS 228.5 FPS
Low settings 293.4 FPS 285.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %

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 Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.0 FPS 145.1 FPS
High settings 235.2 FPS 232.2 FPS
Medium settings 293.9 FPS 290.2 FPS
Low settings 367.4 FPS 362.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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