AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i5-7600

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i5-7600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600X beats the Core i5-7600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7600. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7600. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7600 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 2600X thanks to a 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 2600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7600. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.