AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5-3330

AMD Ryzen 5 2600
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Intel Core i5-3330
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
Intel Core i5-3330

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.
Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.
Higher overall performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-3330

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 2600.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i5-3330
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i5-3330
ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge
Release DateMar 2018vsSep 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i5-3330
Cores6vs4
Threads12vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2500

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i5-3330
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i5-3330
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs133mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i5-3330
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3000 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    4290 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    3296 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    27376 points
  • Intel Core i5-3330
    12360 points

Points - higher is better