AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i7-3770K

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
$ 125.09 significantly less expensive
$ 344.89

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7869 points
191% significantly better overall score
2702 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
117% significantly better gaming score
4366 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
231% significantly better multitasking score
2208 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
238% significantly better heavy workload score
2118 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7634 points
255% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
2148 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
351% significantly higher Blender score
47.21 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085 points
307% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2474 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119 points
199% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
708 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10211 points
310% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2489 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2193 points
209% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
709 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
8% slightly higher clock speed
3.5 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
588th 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 i7-3770K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X performs better than the Core i7-3770K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3770K 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 i7-3770K. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-3770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3770K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3770K. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3770K 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 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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