AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-3770

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
$ 65.60 significantly less expensive
$ 174.85

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
72% significantly better overall score
2575 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
45% significantly better gaming score
4118 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
85% significantly better multitasking score
2119 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
87% significantly better heavy workload score
2036 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
84% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
1985 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
148% significantly higher Blender score
45.88 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
125% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2294 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
81% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
672 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2315 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
673 points

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

3.6 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 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

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

397th of 1,089
611th 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 i7-3770 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600X beats the Core i7-3770 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770 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 i7-3770. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3770 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-3770. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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