AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7-7700K

Ryzen 5 2600X vs Core i7-7700K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 2600X is faster than the Core i7-7700K. Despite this, the Core i7-7700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 2600X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-7700K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-7700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600X. Also, the Core i7-7700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-7700K. The Ryzen 5 2600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 2600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.