AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-870

Ryzen 5 1600 vs Core i7-870 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600 performs better than the Core i7-870. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-870 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 1600 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-870. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-870. It also has more threads than the Core i7-870. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-870. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-870 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 1600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.