AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-3770K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    141%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    102%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    162%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 62% 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 41% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

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

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-3770K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge
Release DateJun 2017vsApr 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-3770K
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-3770K
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 1600XIntel Core i7-3770K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-3770K
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.025 V
TDP95 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    2545
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1344

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    31310
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    21430

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    104
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    124.05

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    860.58
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    676.31

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667

points - higher is better