Intel Core i7-5820K vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 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

4081 points

13% slightly better overall score

3588 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points

5548 points

0.98% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

2965 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

2883 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.66 points

137.16 points

43% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5383 points

6064 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1134 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

903 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5467 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5310 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1071 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

3.8 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

428th of 1,089

476th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2017 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-5820K vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-5820K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5820K. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.