AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs AMD A10-7700K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    228%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    159%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    262%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Much higher single threaded performance (around 59% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 162% 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 128% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A10-7700K

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

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A10-7700K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A10-7700K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Steamroller
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsKaveri
Release DateApr 2017vsJan 2014

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A10-7700K
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon R7

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A10-7700K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A10-7700K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size192mm²vs246mm²
Process14 nmvs28 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600AMD A10-7700K
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    3960 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    25766 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    8222
  • AMD A10-7700K
    4500

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    4538
  • AMD A10-7700K
    3004

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    25970
  • AMD A10-7700K
    9821

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1.65
  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.94

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    12.57
  • AMD A10-7700K
    3.45

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    147
  • AMD A10-7700K
    83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1134
  • AMD A10-7700K
    285

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    12.7
  • AMD A10-7700K
    18.8

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    5.2
  • AMD A10-7700K
    13.7

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    3363.5
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2098

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    177
  • AMD A10-7700K
    110

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    68.7
  • AMD A10-7700K
    23.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    6
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2.1

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1
  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.42

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    0.65
  • AMD A10-7700K
    0.24

GB/s