AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-3770

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7-3770 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600 performs better than the Core i7-3770. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3770 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 1600. Also, the Core i7-3770 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3770 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 i7-3770. The Ryzen 5 1600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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