Buy on Amazon
£165.86
In Stock
Availability
Availability
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
Availability
MSRP in USD: $549
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 5900X outperforms the cheaper Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 5900X is 1039 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-8700.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Up to 16% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X - £165.86 vs £197.0
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Performs up to 2% better in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 than Core i7-8700 - 239 vs 235 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700 - 24 vs 12 threads
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)
Buy for £165.86 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74024 minutes ago
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, up to 4.8 GHz Max Boost)
Buy for £197 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 74024 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Ryzen 9 5900X
Desktop • Nov 5th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Single-Core
1513
69.43552088113813%
Multi-Core
5905
49.692838508794075%
Intel Core i7-8700 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 5th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Vermeer |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Ryzen 9 5900X
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
103 FPS
£11.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,172.4
In Stock
191 FPS
£7.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,504.8
In Stock
164 FPS
£8.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,393.2
In Stock
138 FPS
£8.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Ryzen 9 5900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,129.2
In Stock
Similar CPU Comparisons
Select from the most popular similar processor comparisons. Most compared processor combinations, including the currently selected ones, are at the top.
