Core i7 8700K vs. Ryzen 7 2700X For Vulkan Gaming With Thrones of Britannia

At 1440p with high quality settings, the Core i7 8700K was still favored over the Ryzen 7 2700X, but by a lesser extent. The GTX 1080 was 12% faster here with the Intel CPU over AMD.

At 1080p with extreme settings, the average frame-rates were similar between the Ryzen 7 2700X and Core i7 8700K with both of the tested graphics cards. However, the maximum frame-rate was higher with Intel CPUs with the GTX 1080 topping out at 122 FPS on the i7-8700K but only 100 FPS with the Ryzen 7. Meanwhile, when it came to frame-times, the Ryzen 7 CPU continued having the highest peak latency on both of the graphics cards tested.

1440p with extreme quality settings had similar average frame-rates between the competing desktop CPUs but with the Intel CPU allowing for a higher peak frame-rate while the Ryzen 7 CPU also had a noticeably higher peak frame time.