Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile 6 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

3620 points
4208 points
16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5762 points
6127 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2983 points
3638 points
21% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2864 points
3518 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.21 points
94.21 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5174 points
5599 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1596 points
0.13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1594 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
82% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
15 W
533% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

471st of 1,089
420th of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2021 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7700K vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7700K performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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.

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