amd ryzen 7 5800x vs intel core i7 10700k

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i7 10700K (Desktop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (Desktop) 8-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i7 10700K and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10700K
  • Newer released 2020 years later
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Newer released 0 years later
  • Consumes up to 16% less energy than the Intel Core i7 10700K – 105 vs 125 Watt
  • Around 5.4 GB/s (11%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1608
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
15427
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3509
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28355
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1628
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
10656

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i7 10700k and ryzen 7 5800x

General

Intel Core i7 10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Vendor Intel AMD
Released April 30 2020 October 8 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake-S Vermeer
Socket FCLGA1200 AM4
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 -

Performance

Intel Core i7 10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Base Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5.1 GHz 4.7 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 32 MB
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

Intel Core i7 10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Fabrication process 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 W 105 W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i7 10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i7 10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.2 MHz MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 24
ROPs 3
TGP 15 W W
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i7 10700K AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Official site Intel Core i7 10700K official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 3 4
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Intel Core i7 10700K?