Intel Core i7-7800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i7-7800X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
Intel Core i7-7800X
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    110%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    114%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    107%
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7800X

14% higher single threaded performance.
7% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 10% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

45 watts lower power draw.

Intel Core i7-7800X

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7800X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-7800XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
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
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR

Architecture

Intel Core i7-7800XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
ArchitectureIntel_KabylakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameSkylake-XvsZen
Release DateJun 2017vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Core i7-7800XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-7800XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8448 KB (shared)vs16384 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-7800XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
SocketIntel Socket 2066vsAMD Socket AM4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA2066vsuPGA
Die Size308mm²vs192mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-7800XAMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3300 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP140 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    4800 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    30240 points
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    1333
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-7800X
    185
  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161

points - higher is better