Intel Core i7-2600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

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

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 84.99
$ 161.85 significantly less expensive
$ 246.84

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2571 points
10008 points
289% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4067 points
12170 points
199% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2123 points
9291 points
337% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2039 points
9088 points
345% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3342 points
9007 points
169% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.04 points
281.95 points
540% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2292 points
15168 points
561% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points
2857 points
329% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2289 points
15466 points
575% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

665 points
2977 points
347% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.50 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
42% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
10% slightly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

612th of 1,089
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-2600K vs Ryzen 7 7700X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7700X beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-2600K that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2600K CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7700X CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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