AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 99.99
$ 85.01 significantly less expensive
$ 185.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points
20% slightly better overall score
3620 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points
3% slightly better gaming score
5762 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
2983 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
2864 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points
3473 points
0.26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points
24% slightly higher Blender score
85.21 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points
5070 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points
1524 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points
5174 points
5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points
1596 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
4.5 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
46% significantly lower TDP
95 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
125% significantly more L1 cache
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089
471st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-2133

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i7-7700K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600 performs better than the Core i7-7700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-7700K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700K CPU because of its 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 2600 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-7700K. The Ryzen 5 2600 also has significantly more 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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