AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 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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$ 79.99

$ 146.38 significantly less expensive

$ 226.37

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points

31% slightly better overall score

2539 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points

30% slightly better gaming score

3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

2108 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

2031 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3720 points

23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3013 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points

67% significantly higher Blender score

38.63 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2047 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

608 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points

80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2040 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points

81% 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

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

3.8 GHz

2% 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

499th 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 1500X vs Core i7-2600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1500X performs better 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2600. Despite this, the Core i7-2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X 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.

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 Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.