Intel Core i7-8700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 2700
            Intel Core i7-8700K
            
                $359
            
        
    
            AMD Ryzen 7 2700
            
                $399
            
        
    | 6 Cores 12 Threads 3.7GHz Clock | 8 Cores 16 Threads 3.2GHz Clock | 
| Socket LGA 1151 | Socket AM4 | 
| iGPUUHD 630 1200MHz 460 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPU No GPU - - | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6S 1,610
                                            
                                             40% | GB6S 1,250 31% | 
| 
                                            
                                                GB6M 6,505
                                            
                                             24% | 
                                            
                                                GB6M 5,800
                                            
                                             22% | 
| CB23S 1,210 47% | CB23S 1,055 41% | 
| CB23M 8,840 20% | CB23M 8,945 21% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerAMD | 
| ArchitectureSkylake | ArchitectureZen+ | 
| FamilyCore 8th Gen | FamilyRyzen 2000 | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Coffee Lake-S - Coffee Lake-6C - - - - - - | Codename Pinnacle Ridge Zeppelin - - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Desktop | Market Segment Desktop | 
| Release Date 10/5/2017 | Release Date 4/19/2018 | 
| Foundry Intel - - - | Foundry GlobalFoundries - - - | 
| Node 14nm++ - - - | Node 12LP - - - | 
| Die Size 150 mm² - - - | Die Size 213 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 2.5 Billion - - - | Transistor Count 4.8 Billion - - - | 
| 6 Cores - - - | 8 Cores - - - | 
| 12 Threads - - - | 16 Threads - - - | 
| - 3.7GHz 4.7GHz Boost - | - 3.2GHz 4.1GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Unlocked - - - | Overclocking Unlocked - - - | 
| Type DMI | Type PCIe | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 8GT/s | Transfer Rate 8GT/s | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 4 | Lanes 4 | 
| Bandwidth 4GB/s | Bandwidth 4GB/s | 
| Bi-directional 8GB/s | Bi-directional 8GB/s | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 256KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | L2 512KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 12MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 16MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 128GB | Max Memory 64GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 1333MHz Transfer Rate 2666MT/s | Clock 1467MHz Transfer Rate 2933MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 21.3GB/s Bandwidth 42.7GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 23.5GB/s Bandwidth 46.9GB/s | 
| TDP 95W - - - | TDP 65W - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included CoolerWraith Spire RGB | 
| PCIe 3.0 x16 Lanes | PCIe 3.0 x20 Lanes | 
| UHD 630 1200MHz 192 Shaders 1200MHz 460 GFLOPS FP32 | No GPU - - - - | 
| No NPU - | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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