AMD Ryzen 5 1600 vs Intel Core i7-7700

AMD Ryzen 5 1600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Apr 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Intel Core i7-7700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2016
Intel Core i7-7700

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    106%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    120%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    122%
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 20% 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 1600.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


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 i7-7700
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
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-7700
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsKaby Lake
Release DateApr 2017vsSep 2016

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-7700
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD Graphics 630

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-7700
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 i7-7700
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vsunknown
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600Intel Core i7-7700
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    3960 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    4320 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    25766 points
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    20736 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    2361
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    1899

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    29509
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    25087

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    94.29
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    138.99

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    793.56
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    804.13

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    147
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    168

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    1134
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    877

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    12.7
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    10.24

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    5.2
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    6.73

seconds - lower is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    177
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    181

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600
    68.7
  • Intel Core i7-7700
    49

FPS - higher is better