Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 349.99

$ 74.99

$ 275.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5865 points

5931 points

1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

7969 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

5267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5958 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5451 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

141.88 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7618 points

0.38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

7589 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1368 points

1833 points

33% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7653 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

1872 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089

256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7820X is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-7820X and Ryzen 5 5500 are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500 outputs less heat than Core i7-7820X 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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.