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

AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 8 / Mar 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
Intel Core i7-4770S
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
Intel Core i7-4770S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    162%
  • Intel Core i7-4770S
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-4770S
    102%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    226%
  • Intel Core i7-4770S
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 1700X

Much higher multi threaded performance (around 126% 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).

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-4770S

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 1700X.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


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 i7-4770S
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
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

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

Cores

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

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770S
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 i7-4770S
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Tempunknownvs71°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 1700XIntel Core i7-4770S
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs3900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP95 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

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

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    36502 points
  • Intel Core i7-4770S
    16665 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

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

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
    1537
  • Intel Core i7-4770S (simulated)
    677.57

points - higher is better