AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i5-7600K

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i5-7600K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1600 is faster than the Core i5-7600K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-7600K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Core i5-7600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-7600K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 5 1600 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7600K. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.