AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-4770K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    132%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    101%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    162%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 32% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4770K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4770K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4770K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsHaswell
Release DateJun 2017vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4770K
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4770K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4770K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4770K
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    18816 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161
  • Intel Core i7-4770K (simulated)
    158

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245
  • Intel Core i7-4770K (simulated)
    765

points - higher is better