Intel Core i5 7600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.8 GHz Intel Core i5 7600K with 4-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 7600K
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 630
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
- Has 26 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- Newer - released 2-years and 6-months later
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than the Core i5 7600K – 65 vs 91 Watt
- Around 11.92 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1294 vs 1059 points
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | January 3, 2017 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Kaby Lake | Zen 2 |
| Model number | i5-7600K | - |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 630 | No |
Performance
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency | 3.8 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 38x | 36x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 256K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 6MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | - | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 91 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 630 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 192 | - |
| TMUs | 24 | - |
| ROPs | 3 | - |
| Execution Units | 24 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1600 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 35.76 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 7600K official page | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 16 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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