Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Core i7-7700K vs Ryzen 5 5500GT benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500GT is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-7700K has slightly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500GT has 3 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500GT outputs less heat than Core i7-7700K thanks to a significantly 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 5500GT has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen 5 5500GT also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-7700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.