AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-3770S

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Intel Core i7-3770S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    148%
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    105%
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    191%
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

5% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 91% 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 48% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770S

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 1600Intel Core i7-3770S
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-3770S
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge
Release DateApr 2017vsApr 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-3770S
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-3770S
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 1600Intel Core i7-3770S
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs69°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-3770S
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    3960 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    25766 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770S
    15326 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    147
  • Intel Core i7-3770S (simulated)
    139

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1134
  • Intel Core i7-3770S (simulated)
    590.77

points - higher is better