AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i7-7820X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-7820X

Price

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$ 140.99

$ 209.00 significantly less expensive

$ 349.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6140 points

4% slightly better overall score

5865 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8293 points

13% slightly better gaming score

7275 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5448 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

5393 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5276 points

0.34% slightly better heavy workload score

5258 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5522 points

5958 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

146.73 points

165.28 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7577 points

7618 points

0.54% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1885 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1368 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7674 points

7802 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1931 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1416 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

115% significantly lower TDP

140 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

512 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

45% significantly more L3 cache

11 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

243rd of 1,089

262nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 5000 G-Series Desktop

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i7-7820X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7820X 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.