Ryzen 3600 vs 8700: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-8700

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i7-8700

Availability

CPU AMD AM4 RYZEN 5 3600 6X4.2GHZ/32MB Box

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€107.05

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

Availability

Intel Core i7-8700 Prozessor (12 MB Cache, bis zu 3.2 GHz)

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€330

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 3600 is 552 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-8700.

Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600

• Performs up to 2% better in Minecraft than Core i7-8700 — 1427 vs 1393 FPS
• Up to 68% cheaper than Core i7-8700 — €107.05 vs €330.0
• Up to 67% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i7-8700 — €0.08 vs €0. 24 per FPS

Minecraft

Resolution

1920×1080

Game Graphics

High

Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

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FPS

1427

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.08/FPS

100%

Price, €

€107.05

100%

FPS and Value Winner

CPU AMD AM4 RYZEN 5 3600 6X4.2GHZ/32MB Box

Buy for €107.05 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

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FPS

1393

98%

Value, €/FPS

€0.24/FPS

33%

Price, €

€330

32%

Intel Core i7-8700 Prozessor (12 MB Cache, bis zu 3.2 GHz)

Buy for €330 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 36 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920×1080

Game Graphics

High

Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

268

FPS

261

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

467

FPS

456

FPS

VALORANT

1427

FPS

1393

FPS

Minecraft

1071

FPS

1045

FPS

League of Legends

289

FPS

282

FPS

Fortnite

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Ryzen 5 3600

Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019

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Single-Core

1204

100%

Multi-Core

6660

100%

Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

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Single-Core

1152

95%

Multi-Core

5783

85%

AMD Ryzen 5 3600	vs	Intel Core i7-8700
Jul 7th, 2019	Release Date	Jan 1st, 2018
Ryzen 5	Collection	Core i7
Matisse	Codename	Coffee Lake
AMD Socket AM4	Socket	Intel Socket 1151
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
6	Cores	6
12	Threads	12
3. 6 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz
4.2 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz
65 W	TDP	65 W
7 nm	Process Size	14 nm
36.0x	Multiplier	32.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	None
Yes	Overclockable	No

Builds Using Ryzen 5 3600 or Core i7-8700

Minecraft, 1080p, High

Ankermann Gamer Business PC

511

FPS

€

1.56

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1650

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€799

In Stock

Updated 34 minutes ago

SYSTEMTREFF® Gaming PC

726

FPS

€

1. 3

/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060

Ryzen 5 3600

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€944.9

In Stock

Updated 33 minutes ago

SYSTEMTREFF® Gaming PC

726

FPS

€

1.21

/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€874.9

In Stock

Updated 34 minutes ago

SYSTEMTREFF® Gaming PC

726

FPS

€

1.23

/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€894.9

In Stock

Updated 34 minutes ago

SYSTEMTREFF® Komplett PC

726

FPS

€

1. 45

/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060

Ryzen 5 3600

32 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€1,049.9

In Stock

Updated 33 minutes ago

Memory PC

726

FPS

€

1.36

/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€989

In Stock

Updated 32 minutes ago

Memory PC

511

FPS

€

1.47

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1650

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1.953125 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€749

In Stock

Updated 34 minutes ago

Memory PC

774

FPS

€

1. 06

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€819

In Stock

Updated 34 minutes ago

Memory PC

763

FPS

€

1.13

/FPS

GeForce RTX 2060

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1.953125 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€859

In Stock

Updated 35 minutes ago

SYSTEMTREFF® Basic Gaming PC

511

FPS

€

1.32

/FPS

GeForce GTX 1650

Ryzen 5 3600

16 GB, 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€674.9

In Stock

Updated 32 minutes ago

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Core i7-8700

Ryzen 5 5500

€108.9

Ryzen 5 3600

€107.05

Ryzen 5 5500

€108.9

Core i7-8700

Core i5-10400F

€120.43

Ryzen 5 3600

€107.05

Core i5-10400F

€120.43

Core i7-8700

Core i5-10400

€131.87

Ryzen 5 3600

€107.05

Core i5-10400

€131.87

Core i7-8700

Ryzen 3 3200G

€99.19

Ryzen 5 3600

€107.05

Ryzen 3 3200G

€99.19

Core i7-8700

Core i3-10100

€105.9

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 — Fortnite Battle Royale with RTX 2070 Benchmarks 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K Comparison

RTX 2070 with

Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz

Fortnite Battle Royale

RTX 2070 with

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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i7-8700
Ryzen 5 3600

Multi-Thread Performance

15150 Pts

19634 Pts

Single-Thread Performance

2628 Pts

2900 Pts

Fortnite Battle Royale

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 in Fortnite Battle Royale using RTX 2070 — CPU Performance comparison at Ultra, High, Medium, and Low Quality Settings with 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K resolutions

i7-8700
Ryzen 5 3600

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Ultra Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	122. 6 FPS
1080p	124.9 FPS
1440p	77.9 FPS
1440p	79.3 FPS
2160p	41.9 FPS
2160p	42.6 FPS
w1440p	64.1 FPS
w1440p	65.2 FPS

High Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	186.9 FPS
1080p	189.9 FPS
1440p	127.6 FPS
1440p	129.5 FPS
2160p	75.1 FPS
2160p	76.2 FPS
w1440p	108.1 FPS
w1440p	109.7 FPS

Medium Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	251. 3 FPS
1080p	254.8 FPS
1440p	177.3 FPS
1440p	179.8 FPS
2160p	108.4 FPS
2160p	109.8 FPS
w1440p	152.2 FPS
w1440p	154.2 FPS

Low Quality

Resolution	Frames Per Second
1080p	379.9 FPS
1080p	384.7 FPS
1440p	276.7 FPS
1440p	280.3 FPS
2160p	174.8 FPS
2160p	177.0 FPS
w1440p	240.2 FPS
w1440p	243.2 FPS

i7-8700

• The i7-8700 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.
• 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 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 i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 specifications

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 Architecture

	i7-8700	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#	SR3QS	unknown
Production Status	Active	Active
Released	Jan 2018	Jul 2019

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 Cache

	i7-8700	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)

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 Cores

	i7-8700	Ryzen 5 3600
# of Cores	6	6
# of Threads	12	12
Integrated Graphics	N/A	N/A
SMP # CPUs	1	1

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 Features

	i7-8700	Ryzen 5 3600

i7-8700 vs Ryzen 5 3600 Performance

	i7-8700	Ryzen 5 3600
Base Clock	100 MHz	100 MHz
Frequency	3.