Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7820X performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-7820X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.