AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Apple S8
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
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The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 is an eight-core desktop processor that can handle sixteen threads simultaneously thanks to Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT). This technology is equivalent to Intel's Hyper-Threading. Launched in April 2018, the Ryzen 7 2700 is the second fastest Ryzen 7 processor and is much more economical than its flagship sibling. The Ryzen 7 2700 has a 65 W TDP, which is nearly 50% more efficient than the 105 W TDP Ryzen 7 2700 X. This energy efficiency comes at a cost to performance though.
The Ryzen 7 2700 has a base clock speed of 3.2 GHz, which can be boosted by Extended Frequency Range (XFR) up to 4.1 GHz. The power gain is still high in multi-threaded applications, although this is some way off the Ryzen 7 2700X. The Ryzen 7 2700 benefits from AMD's new Zen+ architecture, with a greater number of instructions per cycle (IPC) and higher clock speeds than last year's Zen chips. The Ryzen 7 2700's eight cores are divided into two clusters that are connected by Infinity Fabric, a subset of HyperTransport. Each cluster has its own L3 cache.
The Ryzen 7 2700 has good performance in games. However, if it is operating at a lower base clock because of low TDP, then the Ryzen 7 2700 falls behind the Ryzen 5 2600 in gaming benchmarks. This behaviour could be because many games currently lack multi-core support. Hence, games rely more on clock speed more than core count.
Detailed information, benchmarks and values can be found in our review of the Ryzen 7 2700.
Apple S8
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The Apple S8 is a 64-Bit dual core processor for the Apple Watch Series 8. It integrates a GPU, 32 GB flash memory, Bluetooth 5.0, 1 GB RAM, 802.11 b/g/n 2.4 and 5 GHz WiFi and satellite positioning (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS). According to Apple the SiP has two CPU cores based on the Apple A13 and offers 20% more performance than the old Apple S5 in the Watch Series 5. It looks like the S8 is technically identical with the Apple S6 and S7 (same model number of t8301).
| Model | AMD Ryzen 7 2700 | Apple S8 | ||||||||
| Codename | Zen+ | Thunder | ||||||||
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | |||||||||
| Series: Ryzen 7 Zen+ |
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| Clock | 3200 - 4100 MHz | 1800 MHz | ||||||||
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | |||||||||
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | |||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 | 2 / 2 | ||||||||
| TDP | 65 Watt | |||||||||
| Transistors | 4940 Million | |||||||||
| Technology | 12 nm | 7 nm | ||||||||
| Die Size | 213 mm2 | |||||||||
| Socket | AM4 (1331) | |||||||||
| Features | SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA | |||||||||
| Architecture | x86 | ARM | ||||||||
| $299 U.S. | ||||||||||
| Announced |
Benchmarks
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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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