AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-5820K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-5820K

Price

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$ 109.25

$ 320.70 significantly less expensive

$ 429.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4431 points

8% slightly better overall score

4081 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6004 points

9% slightly better gaming score

5494 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3931 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

3634 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3809 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

3527 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3662 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3543 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.07 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

95.66 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5171 points

5383 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1217 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1134 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5247 points

5467 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1242 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1180 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.25 GHz

18% slightly higher turbo speed

3.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

397th of 1,089

428th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i7-5820K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 2600X performs better than the Core i7-5820K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 2600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5820K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.