AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs AMD A10-7700K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD A10-7700K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2014
AMD A10-7700K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    315%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    193%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    436%
  • AMD A10-7700K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 93% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 336% 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 215% 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 1600X.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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


Specifications

Features

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

Architecture

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

Cores

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

Cache

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

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XAMD A10-7700K
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3800 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.475 V
TDP95 Wvs95 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    2394 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points
  • AMD A10-7700K
    7497 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161
  • AMD A10-7700K
    83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245
  • AMD A10-7700K
    285

points - higher is better