AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i3-4170

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i3-4170 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the Core i3-4170 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-4170 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-4170 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-4170. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4170 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. The Core i3-4170 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600 thanks to a slightly 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.