AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-3770

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 219.80
$ 174.85
$ 44.95 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
205% significantly better overall score
2575 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
130% significantly better gaming score
4118 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
245% significantly better multitasking score
2119 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
252% significantly better heavy workload score
2036 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
284% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
1985 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
364% significantly higher Blender score
45.88 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
339% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2294 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
215% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
672 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
341% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2315 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
225% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
673 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
100% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
3.40 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
77 W
36% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
611th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2012 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i7-3770 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X is faster than the Core i7-3770. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3770. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3770 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X has more L2 cache than the Core i7-3770. The Ryzen 7 5800X 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 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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