Intel Core i7 7800X vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600
We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 7800X against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600. 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 i7 7800X
- Supports quad-channel memory
- Around 31.79 GB/s (67%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than the Core i7 7800X – 65 vs 140 Watt
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14 nanometers
- Newer - released 2-years and 2-months later
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1256 vs 1075 points
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.2 GHz vs 4 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 | May 30, 2017 | July 7, 2019 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Matisse |
| Model number | i7-7800X | - |
| Socket | LGA-2066 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
Performance
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 35x | 36x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Transistors | - | 3.8 billions |
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 140 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2400 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 79.47 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i7 7800X official page | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512 | - |
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