AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i7-2600K

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i7-2600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 3800X beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-2600K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-2600K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2600K. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-2600K outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.