AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-2600K

AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    111%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    106%
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1400

6% higher multi threaded performance.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600K

11% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1400.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-2600K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-2600K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsSandy Bridge
Release DateApr 2017vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-2600K
Cores4vs4
Threads8vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 3000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-2600K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-2600K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size192mm²vs216mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1400Intel Core i7-2600K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3400 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    3740 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    17177 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    16320 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

7-zip

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    18881
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    19925

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    87.59
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    116.18

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    507.22
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    618.82

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    6436.5
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    6669

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    4204.5
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    4809

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    17556.5
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    18608

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    1.53
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    1.51

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    7.78
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    6.76

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    134
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    129

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    705
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    614

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    13.88
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    10.2

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    7.8
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    10.5

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    2758
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3486

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    146.9
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    145

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    43
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    36.5

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    4.1
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    3.3

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    0.62
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    0.56

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1400
    0.41
  • Intel Core i7-2600K
    0.32

GB/s