AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7 8700K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Oct 2017
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Lucienne
Coffee Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon RX Vega 7
UHD Graphics 630
Processor Number
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i7-8700K
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
14 nm
Socket
FP6
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
10-25 W
95 W
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
6
6
Total Thread Count
12
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21x
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266
DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size
32 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1800 MHz
1200 MHz
Shader Units
448
192
Texture Units
28
24
Raster Operation Units
7
3
Power Consumption
10-45 W
15 W
Execution Units
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24
Max Resolution
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4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
12
16
Extended Instruction Set
—
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,168
1,215
Cinebench R23
7,059
8,734
Geekbench 6
1,445
1,475
Geekbench 5
1,106
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Geekbench 6
5,919
6,339
Geekbench 5
4,917
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Blender
95
156
Passmark CPU
—
2,748
Passmark CPU
—
13,661
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.