AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-10700

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 97.99
$ 200.16 significantly less expensive
$ 298.15

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points
6267 points
45% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points
7929 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points
5718 points
50% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points
5568 points
50% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 5 1600X and the Core i7-10700? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points
6944 points
100% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points
143.42 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4930 points
7060 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1138 points
1560 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4754 points
7115 points
49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1136 points
1625 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
65 W
46% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
Identical
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089
238th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
10th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2020 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i7-10700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700 is faster than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. The Core i7-10700 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a significantly 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 1600X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons