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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-8700K outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-8700K is 776 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700K
- Performs up to 18% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than Athlon 3000G - 80 vs 68 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 52% cheaper than Core i7-8700K - £100.0 vs £208.88
- Up to 44% better value when playing Cyberpunk 2077 than Core i7-8700K - £1.47 vs £2.61 per FPS
- Consumes up to 63% less energy than Intel Core i7-8700K - 35 vs 95 Watts
Cyberpunk 2077
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
RT Overdrive
Intel Core i7-8700K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.70GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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TOP 5 Games
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1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
RT Overdrive
Core i7-8700K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8700K | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Athlon |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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