AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 vs Intel Core i7-2600S

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3000 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Intel Core i7-2600S
Intel Socket 1155DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
Intel Core i7-2600S

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    199%
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    119%
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    279%
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

19% higher single threaded performance.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 179% 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 99% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-2600S

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

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 i7-2600S
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
TXT
VT-x
VT-d
Hyper-Threading AES-NI

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i7-2600S
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_SandyBridge
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsSandy Bridge
Release DateJun 2017vsJan 2011

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i7-2600S
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs8
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsIntel HD 2000

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i7-2600S
L1 Cache96 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 PRO 1700Intel Core i7-2600S
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 1155
Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA10
Die Size192mm²vs216mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700Intel Core i7-2600S
Cpu Frequency3000 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3800 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 i7-2600S
    3800 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
    32208 points
  • Intel Core i7-2600S
    13440 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 (simulated)
    153.55
  • Intel Core i7-2600S (simulated)
    129

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 (simulated)
    1415
  • Intel Core i7-2600S (simulated)
    505.65

points - higher is better