AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i7-4770K

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    144%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    108%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    170%
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 70% 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 44% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4770K

8% higher single threaded performance.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
XFR
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
HTT
AES-NI
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770K
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsHaswell
Release DateMar 2017vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770K
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770K
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 1700XIntel Core i7-4770K
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770K
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    4180 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    4368 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    36502 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    18816 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    9076
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    8030

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    4662
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    5845

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    31950
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    22325

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    1.73
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    1.77

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    16.95
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    8.17

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    154
  • Intel Core i7-4770K (simulated)
    158

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    1537
  • Intel Core i7-4770K (simulated)
    765

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    10.83
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    9.36

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    4.89
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    7.08

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    3728
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    5119

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    180
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    174.8

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    90.05
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    45.8

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    8.95
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    4.4

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    1.4
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    0.69

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    0.9
  • Intel Core i7-4770K
    0.38

GB/s