AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-4770

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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
$ 76.51
$ 32.74 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points
58% significantly better overall score
2793 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points
34% slightly better gaming score
4464 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points
70% significantly better multitasking score
2300 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points
72% significantly better heavy workload score
2209 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points
54% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2366 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points
88% significantly higher Blender score
60.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3652 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1143 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3812 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1210 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
84 W
13% 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
571st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2013 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 i7-4770 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600X beats the Core i7-4770 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770 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 i7-4770. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4770. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4770. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4770 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 2600X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4770. 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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