AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7 8700
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Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, vs Intel Core i7 8700. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 45.5 GOps/s | 44.9 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 26.2 GOps/s | 27.9 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 26 M primes/s | 35 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 19.1 M strings/s | 24 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 10.5 GB/s | 4.5 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 175.6 MB/s | 187.5 MB/s |
| Physics | 534 frames/s | 734 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 109 M matrices/s | 124 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 504.2 MB/s | 440.7 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 32.5 KLines/s | 49.1 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 103.5 pages/s | 137.6 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 151.5 MP/sec | 181.5 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 124.6 pages/s | 150.9 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 27.2 frames/s | 33.3 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 49.8 frames/s | 51 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 8.97 MP/sec | 10.6 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 210.6 PPW | 96 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 516.1 PPW | 196.7 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 14.7 PPW | 5.6 PPW |
| Blender / W | 3.68 PPW | 1.69 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Announced | January, 12, 2021 | October, 5, 2017 |
| Type | Laptop use | PC use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Zen 2 (Lucienne) | Coffee Lake |
| Model number | n/a | i7-8700 |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | UHD Graphics 630 |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Frequency | 2.1 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Cores count | 6 | 6 |
| Threads count | 12 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Bandwidth | n/a | 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 21x | 32x |
| L1 cache | 64 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 512 KB/core | 256 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB total | 12 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Process tech. | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 10-25 W | 65 W |
| Socket | FP6 | LGA-1151 |
| Critical temp. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
DDR4-2666 |
| Max Size | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Max memory bandwidth | n/a | 41.6 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 12 | 16 |
| Channels | n/a | 41422 |
Results
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