AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-7800X

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 i7-7800X

Price

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$ 99.99

$ 255.64 significantly less expensive

$ 355.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

4493 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

3% slightly better gaming score

5755 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

4089 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

3970 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points

6534 points

88% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

110.00 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

5789 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

1269 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

6131 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

1344 points

15% 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

3.5 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089

391st 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

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i7-7800X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7800X beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Core i7-7800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7800X CPU because of its 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.