AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-4770K

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i7-4770K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600 performs better than the Core i7-4770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4770K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770K. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4770K CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4770K. The Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.