Intel Core i7-7700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Core i7-7700HQ vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600 performs better than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-7700HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-7700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.