i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 — Fortnite Battle Royale with GTX 1660 Benchmarks 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K Comparison
GTX 1660 with
Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.70GHz
Fortnite Battle Royale
GTX 1660 with
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
i7-8700K
Ryzen 5 3600
Multi-Thread Performance
15970 Pts
19634 Pts
Single-Thread Performance
2703 Pts
2900 Pts
Fortnite Battle Royale
i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 in Fortnite Battle Royale using GTX 1660 — CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions
i7-8700K
Ryzen 5 3600
Ultra Quality
Resolution | Frames Per Second |
---|---|
1080p |
87.8 FPS |
1080p |
87.0 FPS |
1440p |
57.3 FPS |
1440p |
56. 8 FPS |
2160p |
31.0 FPS |
2160p |
30.7 FPS |
w1440p |
47.2 FPS |
w1440p |
46.8 FPS |
High Quality
Resolution | Frames Per Second |
---|---|
1080p |
141.2 FPS |
1080p |
140.1 FPS |
1440p |
98.3 FPS |
1440p |
97.5 FPS |
2160p |
57.9 FPS |
2160p |
57.4 FPS |
w1440p |
83.2 FPS |
w1440p |
82.6 FPS |
Medium Quality
Resolution | Frames Per Second |
---|---|
1080p |
194.6 FPS |
1080p |
193.2 FPS |
1440p |
139. 2 FPS |
1440p |
138.3 FPS |
2160p |
84.8 FPS |
2160p |
84.2 FPS |
w1440p |
119.3 FPS |
w1440p |
118.4 FPS |
Low Quality
Resolution | Frames Per Second |
---|---|
1080p |
301.4 FPS |
1080p |
299.4 FPS |
1440p |
221.1 FPS |
1440p |
219.7 FPS |
2160p |
138.7 FPS |
2160p |
137.6 FPS |
w1440p |
191.3 FPS |
w1440p |
190.1 FPS |
i7-8700K
- For some games, a cpu with a higher clock speed, or in a technical name IPC (Instructions per clock), has better results than other CPU’s with higher core count and lower core speed.
- The i7-8700K has a higher turbo clock boost. Turbo Boost is a CPU feature that will run CPU clock speed faster than its base clock, if certain conditions are present. It will enable older software that runs on fewer cores, to perform better on newer hardware. Since games are software too, it is also applicable to them.
Ryzen 5 3600
- The Ryzen 5 3600 has higher Level 2 Cache. Data/instructions which have to be processed can be loaded from the fast L2 and the CPU does not have to wait for the very slow DDR RAM
- The Ryzen 5 3600 has higher Level 3 Cache. This is useful when you have substantial multiprocessing workloads, many computationally intense simultaneous processes. More likely on a server, less on a personally used computer for interactive desktop workloads.
- The Ryzen 5 3600 is more power efficient and generates less heat.
- The Ryzen 5 3600 has a smaller process size. The faster a transistor can toggle on and off, the faster it can do work. And transistors that turn on and off with less energy are more efficient, reducing the operating power, or “dynamic power consumption,” required by a processor.
Compare i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 specifications
i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Architecture
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 | |
---|---|---|
Codename | Coffee Lake | Zen 2 |
Generation | Core i7 (Coffee Lake) |
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2) |
Market | Desktop | Desktop |
Memory Support | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Part# | SR3QR | unknown |
Production Status | Active | Active |
Released | Oct 2017 | Jul 2019 |
i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Cache
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 | |
---|---|---|
Cache L1 | 64K (per core) | 96K (per core) |
Cache L2 | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
Cache L3 | 12MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Cores
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 | |
---|---|---|
# of Cores | 6 | 6 |
# of Threads | 12 | 12 |
Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 | N/A |
SMP # CPUs | 1 | 1 |
i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Features
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 |
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i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Notes
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 |
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i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Performance
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 | |
---|---|---|
Base Clock | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
Frequency | 3. 7 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
Multiplier | 37.0x | 36.0x |
Multiplier Unlocked | Yes | Yes |
TDP | 95 W | 65 W |
Turbo Clock | up to 4.7 GHz | up to 4.2 GHz |
Voltage | variable | variable |
i7-8700K vs Ryzen 5 3600 Physical
i7-8700K | Ryzen 5 3600 | |
---|---|---|
Die Size | unknown | unknown |
Foundry | Intel | TSMC |
Package | FC-LGA1151 | |
Process Size | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Socket | Intel Socket 1151 | AMD Socket AM4 |
Transistors | unknown | 4,800 million |
tCaseMax | 72°C | unknown |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is the i7 8700k killer, according to leaked review
Merely hours before the official Ryzen review embargo lift, a Brazilian YouTube channel by the name ‘Pichau’ has decided to release gaming performance numbers of the Ryzen 5 3600 when pitted against the Blue team’s previous gen flagship gaming CPU the Core i7 8700k in as many as 20 popular modern titles.
Both CPUs were tested with 2666MHz DDR4 memory, using an RTX 2080 Ti at the 1080p/FHD resolution so as to eliminate any potential GPU bottleneck. Neither of the CPUs was overclocked and were left at stock settings. As a result, both hovered around 4.2GHz for most of the time. The image below shows the Avg, 1% low and 0.1% low figures in the tested games.
Overall, according to these numbers, the Ryzen 5 3600 was 2% ahead when it comes to the average fps but was slightly faster when considering the 1% lows (approx. 2.7% faster) and the 0.1% lows ( 6% faster). Higher 0.1% lows indicate that the gaming experience should be noticeably smoother on the Ryzen in quite a few of these titles.
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Synthetic tests viz. 3DMark Fire Strike, Unigine Heaven and Unigine Valley were also included. Cinebench R15, R20, Blender and Adobe Premiere were run to test the rendering capability and multi-threading performance of the CPUs:
The 3600 outpaces the 8700k in Firestrike’s Physics test scoring 18,697 while the i7 is limited to 17,106, a difference of 10% in favor of the 3600. It is also significantly faster in all of the rendering tests demonstrating its superior multi-threading capabilities. It is worthy to note that the single thread score of the 3600 is higher in both Cinebenchs indicating a strong IPC lead for the Ryzen processor since both CPUs were generally running at 4.2GHz.
To sum it up, assuming the testing here was conducted accurately, it can be easily concluded that the Ryzen 5 3600 beats the 8700k at least at stock settings. And this brings us to the only potential caveat of the Ryzen 5 3600, which is the overclocking capability, which is still unknown. Previous gen Ryzens haven’t been the best overclockers topping at around 4.0-4.2Ghz in general. If the 3rd generation of Ryzen is still plagued with similar issues, then the Core i7 8700k which can effortlessly overclock to around 4.8-5GHz should remain the better performer. Even then the 8700k would be a hard sell unless Intel massively discounts the current MSRP of i7.
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