AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i7-4770K

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 6 / Sep 2019
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770K

Summary

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical single-threaded 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 i7-4770K

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 5 3500X.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i7-4770K
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
CLMUL
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i7-4770K
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameMatissevsHaswell
Release DateSep 2019vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i7-4770K
Cores6vs4
Threads6vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i7-4770K
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MB (shared)vs8192 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i7-4770K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp95°Cvs72°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vs
Die Size74mm²vs177mm²
Process7 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 5 3500XIntel Core i7-4770K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    4592 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
    24192 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    18816 points

Points - higher is better