AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i7-4770K

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i7-4770K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600G beats the Core i7-4770K in overall performance. 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 5600G has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4770K. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770K. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4770K. The Ryzen 5 5600G 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.