Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2458 points
3588 points
45% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4565 points
5548 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1872 points
2965 points
58% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1797 points
2883 points
60% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.70 points
137.16 points
187% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3409 points
6064 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1243 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
903 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3533 points
5310 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1283 points
19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
Identical
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
Identical
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
768 KiB
200% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB
16 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

637th of 1,089
476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-7500 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X performs better than the Core i5-7500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7500. Both the Core i5-7500 and Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-7500 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-7500. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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