AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7-7800X

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 i7-7800X

Price

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$ 129.99

$ 225.64 significantly less expensive

$ 355.63

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4503 points

0.22% slightly better overall score

4493 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6227 points

8% slightly better gaming score

5755 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3971 points

4089 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3849 points

3970 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4889 points

6534 points

33% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

139.64 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

110.00 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7102 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5789 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1673 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1269 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7245 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

6131 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1728 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1344 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

3.8 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

47% significantly lower TDP

140 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

Identical

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

389th of 1,089

391st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Core i7-7800X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600XT is faster than the Core i7-7800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7800X in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7800X. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3600XT CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7800X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 3600XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.