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

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i7-7820X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i7-7820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core i7-7820X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7820X. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 5600X 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.

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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.