Ryzen 7 1800x vs core i7 8700k with patches for meltdown and specter

The guys at HardwareUnboxed have made a very interesting comparison between the Ryzen 7 1800X and Core i7 8700K processors after installing the relevant Meltdown and Specter vulnerability mitigating patches.

Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i7 8700K in games

The Core i7 8700K was shown from the outset as the best processor on the market for video games, this thanks to the use of six cores with Coffee Lake architecture, a design that offers a high number of cores and great power in each of them. Given this, there is little the Ryzen 1700X can do that complies with its eight Zen-based cores, an architecture that has proven to be one step behind Intel in video games despite offering more cores.

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The Meltdown vulnerability only affects Intel processors, so it has been said that after installing the AMD patches, the distance in games could be reduced. The Hardware Unboxed Ryzen 7 1800X vs Core i7 8700K tests make it very clear that the Core i7 8700K is still invincible in video games, the difference between both processors is considerable and could be greater in the future when there are more powerful graphics cards that demand more of the processor.

It is shown once again that the Coffee Lake architecture is quite superior in video games, Zen is excellent, but it is clearly one step behind, surely due to its internal design that makes the latencies of access to the RAM and the cache is quite higher. It remains to be seen if the second-generation Ryzen manage to reduce the gap with Intel.