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    AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7-3770

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 6 / Mar 2018
    AMD Ryzen 5 2600
    Intel Core i7-3770
    Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
    Intel Core i7-3770

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      160%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      116%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      204%
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2600

    16% higher single threaded performance.
    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 104% 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 60% higher average synthetic performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770

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

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-3770
    ArchitectureAMD Zen+vsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
    CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge
    Release DateMar 2018vsApr 2012

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-3770
    Cores6vs4
    Threads12vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-3770
    L1 Cache96 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 2600Intel Core i7-3770
    SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
    Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2600Intel Core i7-3770
    Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs3900 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 i7-3770
      4017 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600
      27376 points
    • Intel Core i7-3770
      16809 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      161.51
    • Intel Core i7-3770 (simulated)
      139

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (simulated)
      1325.06
    • Intel Core i7-3770 (simulated)
      647.94

    points - higher is better

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