Intel Core i5-7600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Core i5-7600K vs Ryzen 5 7600X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600X is faster than the Core i5-7600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7600X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-7600K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7600K. The Ryzen 5 7600X 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 i5-7600K has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.