AMD Ryzen 7 2700E vs Intel Core i7-8086K

Processor comparisons 25-03-2021

   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the comprehensive tests AMD Ryzen 7 2700E vs Intel Core i7-8086K and see which is better for games or normal use for rendering, video editing, machine learning, programming, streaming. Here you can find useful information from different benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics, so that it can be easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel examination in synthetic type tests like 7zip, 3DMark, Gears 5, RealBench, GeekBench 6, 5.2, WPrime, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, MATLAB, Prime95, DaVinci Resolve Studio, AIDA64, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), UserBenchmark, VeraCrypt, Handbrake, Dolphin Emulator, PCMark 10, PassMark, Furmark, SuperPi, Blender, Blender.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Fortnite
Watch Dogs Legion
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone
Overwatch
Grand Theft Auto V
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Red Dead Redemption 2
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Halo Infinite
Cyberpunk 2077
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
DOOM: Eternal
Valheim
Last Man Standing
Valorant
Fallout 76
Rainbow Six Siege
Death Stranding

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i7-8086K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700E.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Ryzen 7 2700E

54%

Core i7-8086K

54%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Ryzen 7 2700E

54%

Core i7-8086K

54%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will run games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. And if it seems to you that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of less popular games in which processors were compared: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, NBA 2K20, Ghostrunner, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Battlefield V, Control, DOTA 2A, Forza Horizon 4, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Horizon Zero Dawn, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, League of Legends (LOL), Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Half-Life: Alyx, Hitman 3.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	95.7	96.2
Valorant	108.7	109.3
Cyberpunk 2077	60.9	61.2
Apex Legends	102.2	102.8
Call of Duty Warzone	81.5	82.0
Overwatch	88.1	88.6
Red Dead Redemption 2	75.0	75.4
DOOM Eternal	54.4	54.7
Warzone	84.8	85.3
Assassin's Creed	91.3	91.8
Valheim	90.2	90.8

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparisons not only were the equipped with different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, FullHD or 4K. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Ryzen 7 2700E

75%

Core i7-8086K

50%

To make a finishing decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 7 2700E is more energy efficient than the Core i7-8086K since it has less power consumption: 45W vs. 95W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you must know its TDP. It is necessary to count so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video rendering or video editing, streaming, programming, machine learning, then first of all you need to pay attention to the performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the processor turns on all cores and threads that it has. You will find out this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to find out whether the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that can use only one core to run, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.

Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 2700E	Intel Core i7-8086K
Cinbench 15 Single-core	152	219
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	1364	1448
Cinbench 20 Single-core	387	467
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	3065	3292
Cinbench 23 Single-core	953	1321
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	8056	10209

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 2700E	Intel Core i7-8086K
Single-Core	2385	2896
Multi-Core	14613	14705

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Ryzen 7 2700E	Intel Core i7-8086K
Single-Core	1022	1427
Multi-Core	7511	8056

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The later the processor is released, the longer it will last in your computer. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will continue to maintain maximum FPS even in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Ryzen 7 2700E	Intel Core i7-8086K
Announcement date	September 01, 2018	April 01, 2018
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151-2
Core name	Pinnacle Ridge	Coffee Lake
Architecture	Zen+	x86
Generation	2	8
Turbo Frequency	4 MHz	5 MHz
Frequency	2.8 MHz	4 MHz
Cores	8	6
Threads	16	12
Bus rate		8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	3800 millions	3600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	45 W	95 W
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4-2666
Max. Memory		128 Gb
Memory Frequency	2667
Memory bandwidth		41.6 GB/s
L1 cache	768KB
L2 cache	4MB
L3 cache	16MB	12 MB
Overclocking	Yes	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	YD270EBHM88AF YD270EBHAFMPK

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i7-8086K is 30% better than Ryzen 7 2700E in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Ryzen 7 2700E has 2 more core than Core i7-8086K. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 7 2700E is better: 11
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-8086K is better: 27
Although it should be understood that the summary data in the text above do not mean that you should be guided entirely by them and trust a simple comparison of these numbers. Be sure to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Ryzen 7 2700E and Intel Core i7-8086K before making a choice which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700E - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Ryzen 7 2700E specs and review.

Intel Core i7-8086K - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i7-8086K specs and review.