AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i7-7700HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Core i7-7700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-7700HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. The Core i7-7700HQ 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.

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