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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 1500X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 265 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Up to 64% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $71.75 vs $200.0
- Up to 64% better value when playing Rocket League than Core i7-8700 - $0.1 vs $0.28 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 3% better in Rocket League than Ryzen 5 1500X - 722 vs 701 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 12 vs 8 threads
Rocket League
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
FPS
701
97%
Value, $/FPS
$0.1/FPS
100%
Price, $
$71.75
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.5 GHz 16M 65W Socket AM4
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Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X | vs | Intel Core i7-8700 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 1st, 2018 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Coffee Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 1500X or Core i7-8700
Rocket League, 1920 x 1080, High Quality
300 FPS
$2.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-8700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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248 FPS
$3.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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333 FPS
$2.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$715.32
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126 FPS
$9.91/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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228 FPS
$10.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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