AMD Ryzen 7 1700 vs Intel Core i7-3770K

AMD Ryzen 7 1700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Apr 2012
Intel Core i7-3770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    142%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    113%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    167%
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 67% 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 42% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3770K

13% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 1700.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 1700Intel Core i7-3770K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
Hyper-Threading
AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 1700Intel Core i7-3770K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsIvy Bridge
Release DateMar 2017vsApr 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 1700Intel Core i7-3770K
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 1700Intel 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 7 1700Intel Core i7-3770K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvs67°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs160mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 1700Intel Core i7-3770K
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvs1.025 V
TDP65 Wvs77 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    4017 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    32208 points
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    17304 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Rendering: POV-Ray 3.7

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    2945
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1344

points per second - higher is better

7-zip

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    35887
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    21430

MIPS - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Single Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    93.08
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    124.05

points - higher is better

3D Particle Movement (Multi Threaded)

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1030.17
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    676.31

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    8335
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7229

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    4531
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    5536

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    29167.5
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    22190

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1.67
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    1.65

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    15.63
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    7.7

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    147
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    139

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1415
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    667

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    11.4
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    9.38

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    6
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    6.39

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    3530
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3698

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    147
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    172.3

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    67
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    43.4

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    8.4
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    3.9

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    1.3
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    0.68

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700
    0.82
  • Intel Core i7-3770K
    0.39

GB/s