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Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen Z1

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 68 %
Intel Core i7-8700K
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Z1
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 87 %
Intel Core i7-8700K
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Z1
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-8700K
6C / 12T · 4.70 GHz
1,242
AMD Ryzen Z1
AMD Ryzen Z1 100 %
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
1,821
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-8700K
6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz
6,693
AMD Ryzen Z1
AMD Ryzen Z1 100 %
6C / 12T · 3.50 GHz
7,706
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-8700K
Intel UHD Graphics 630
461
AMD Ryzen Z1
AMD Ryzen Z1 100 %
AMD Radeon 740M
1,280

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)AMD Ryzen Z1 (2)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SPhoenix (Zen 4)
Technology14 nm4 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 1151-2FP8
PredecessorIntel Core i7-7700K
SuccessorIntel Core i7-9700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 126 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x 6x Zen 4
Frequency: 3.70 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.70 GHz 4.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.30 GHz
L2-Cache6.00 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB16.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630AMD Radeon 740M
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.20 GHz0.80 - 2.50 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 1924 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays34
Max. GPU Memory64 GB32 GB
Technology14 nm4 nm
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB256 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 164.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
TDP95 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up30 W
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-8700KAMD Ryzen Z1
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release dateQ4/2017Q3/2023
Release price370 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-8700K
Intel Core i7-8700K
6C / 12T · 3.70 - 4.70 GHz
AMD Ryzen Z1
AMD Ryzen Z1
6C / 12T · 3.50 - 4.90 GHz

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