AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i5-3570

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

$ 109.25
$ 80.97 significantly less expensive
$ 190.22

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
104% significantly better overall score
2165 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
50% significantly better gaming score
3984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
137% significantly better multitasking score
1654 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
140% significantly better heavy workload score
1587 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
2830 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
256% significantly higher Blender score
31.99 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
168% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1923 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
657 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
172% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1926 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
656 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
200% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
3.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
77 W
23% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089
690th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i5-3570 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Core i5-3570. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-3570 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i5-3570 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-3570. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-3570. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3570 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a slightly 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 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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