AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-2600

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-2600

Price

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$ 417.00

$ 226.37

$ 190.63 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points

4% slightly better overall score

2539 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points

5% slightly better gaming score

3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

2108 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

2031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3397 points

12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3013 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

38.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2047 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points

53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points

57% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

610 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089

619th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i7-2600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1400 is faster than the Core i7-2600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1400. Also, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1400 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.