AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i5-7600K

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
Intel Core i5-7600K
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i5-7600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    129%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    127%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    130%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-7600K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 27% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 30% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 3 1300X.
Around 29% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-7600K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7600K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-7600K

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-7600K

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-7600K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-7600K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsKaby Lake
Release DateJun 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-7600K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-7600K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache8192 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-7600K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 1300XIntel Core i5-7600K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3800 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs4000 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    4800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    14960 points
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    18240 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    515
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    674

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
    141
  • Intel Core i5-7600K
    179.5

points - higher is better