AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-5820K

Price

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$ 58.40

$ 371.55 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4496 points

10% slightly better overall score

4081 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6035 points

9% slightly better gaming score

5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3997 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

3634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3874 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

3527 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3194 points

3543 points

10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

100.47 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

95.66 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4485 points

5383 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1048 points

1134 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4641 points

5467 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1085 points

1180 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

Identical

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

390th of 1,089

428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7-5820K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600 performs better than the Core i7-5820K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 1600. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly 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 Ryzen 5 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.