AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 vs Intel Core i5-6400

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Intel Core i5-6400
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6400

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    164%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    109%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    219%
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

9% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 119% 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 64% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6400

None

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i5-6400
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i5-6400
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsSkylake
Release DateJun 2017vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i5-6400
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i5-6400
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i5-6400
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size192mm²vs177mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i5-6400
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs2700 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    4070 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    3795 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    32208 points
  • Intel Core i5-6400
    12420 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 (simulated)
    153.55
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    140.25

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 (simulated)
    1415
  • Intel Core i5-6400 (simulated)
    644.14

points - higher is better