Intel Core i7-7700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Core i7-7700K vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7700K is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 7 PRO 1700X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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