AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i5-7500

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i5-7500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600X is faster than the Core i5-7500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 3600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-7500 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7500. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X thanks to a significantly 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 3600X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-7500. The Ryzen 5 3600X also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.