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General information Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-8700K
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 2.7 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.2 GHz 10.6 % 4.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
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 i7-8700K
Overall Score 54904 0 % 54642 0.5 %
Future Proof 65 % 0 % 62 % 4.6 %
Benchmark Score 9087 0 % 8915 1.9 %
Single Thread Score 2365.9 14.1 % 2754.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 13064 MB/s 0 % 4774.6 MB/s 63.5 %
Compressing Data 193.5 MB/s 1.2 % 195.9 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 23171.1 thousand/s 8.9 % 25446.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 38.3 millions/s 1.2 % 38.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 47197.3 millions/s 0 % 45624.4 millions/s 3.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24190.4 millions/s 15.1 % 28487.8 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 i7-8700K.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 2600X Core i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.3 FPS 116.5 FPS
High settings 187.7 FPS 186.4 FPS
Medium settings 234.6 FPS 233.1 FPS
Low settings 293.3 FPS 291.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

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 i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.0 FPS 146.5 FPS
High settings 235.2 FPS 234.4 FPS
Medium settings 294.0 FPS 293.0 FPS
Low settings 367.4 FPS 366.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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