AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Core i7-7820X

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jun 2017
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Intel Core i7-7820X
Intel Socket 2066DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 8 / Jun 2017
Intel Core i7-7820X

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    115%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    122%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
    100%
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    108%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

45 watts lower power draw.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-7820X

Much higher single threaded performance (around 22% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
8% higher multi threaded performance.
Around 15% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i7-7820X

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-7820X

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700XIntel Core i7-7820X
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
Boost 2.0
Boost 3.0

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700XIntel Core i7-7820X
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR4
CodenameZenvsSkylake-X
Release DateJun 2017vsJun 2017

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700XIntel Core i7-7820X
Cores8vs8
Threads16vs16
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700XIntel Core i7-7820X
L1 Cache96 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache16384 KB (shared)vs11264 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700XIntel Core i7-7820X
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsIntel Socket 2066
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA2066
Die Size192mm²vs308mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700XIntel Core i7-7820X
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3600 MHz
Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs4500 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevsunknown
TDP95 Wvs140 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
    4180 points
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    5400 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
    36502 points
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    41472 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X (simulated)
    157.7
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    193

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X (simulated)
    1603.67
  • Intel Core i7-7820X
    1734

points - higher is better