AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-4930K

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3300 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
Intel Core i7-4930K
Intel Socket 2011DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i7-4930K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    118%
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    114%
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    122%
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

14% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 22% 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 18% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4930K

None

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 i7-4930K
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
VT-d
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4930K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge-E
Release DateJun 2017vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4930K
Cores6vs6
Threads12vs12
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4930K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs12288 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4930K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2011
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size192mm²vs257mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 1600XIntel Core i7-4930K
Cpu Frequency3300 MHzvs3400 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.35 V
TDP95 Wvs130 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    26571 points
  • Intel Core i7-4930K
    25214 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    161
  • Intel Core i7-4930K (simulated)
    140.4

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
    1245
  • Intel Core i7-4930K (simulated)
    1016.22

points - higher is better