AMD Ryzen 5 2600 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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$ 99.99

$ 329.96 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

6% slightly better overall score

4081 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

8% slightly better gaming score

5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

3634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

3527 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points

3543 points

2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

11% slightly higher Blender score

95.66 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

5383 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

1134 points

0.18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

5467 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

1180 points

1% 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

3.4 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

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

404th 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

2018 April

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 2600 vs Core i7-5820K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the Core i7-5820K in overall performance. 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.