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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-7700K

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Intel Core i7-7700K
    Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
    4200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
    Intel Core i7-7700K

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      109%
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      121%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      136%
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 36% 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).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700K

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 2600.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-7700K
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    AVX2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    VT-d
    HTT
    AES-NI
    TSX
    TXT
    CLMUL
    FMA3
    F16C
    BMI1
    BMI2
    Boost 2.0

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-7700K
    ArchitectureAMD_Zen_PlusvsIntel_Kabylake
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
    CodenameZenvsKaby Lake
    Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2016

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-7700K
    Cores6vs4
    Threads12vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-7700K
    L1 Cache96 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 2600Intel Core i7-7700K
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
    Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvs
    Die Size192mm²vsunknown
    Process14 nmvs14 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-7700K
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs4200 MHz
    Turbo Clock Speed3900 MHzvs4500 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs95 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      4290 points
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      5400 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      24192 points

    Points - higher is better


    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      161.51
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      196

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      1325.06
    • Intel Core i7-7700K
      972

    points - higher is better

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