AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Price

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$ 99.99

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$ 149.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4361 points

4724 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5968 points

6% slightly better gaming score

5587 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3844 points

4432 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3721 points

4341 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3464 points

3899 points

12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

106.27 points

128.00 points

20% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4788 points

5049 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1132 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

987 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4891 points

5186 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1027 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

768 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

4 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

Identical

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

404th of 1,089

372nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Ryzen 7 Desktop

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Ryzen 7 1700 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700 performs better than the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 1700. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 1700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.