AMD Ryzen 5 2600X vs Intel Core i7 7800X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 7800X with 6 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2400)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (95W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 7800X's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +13%

1094

Intel Core i7 7800X

964

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +2%

7523

Intel Core i7 7800X

7325

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1164

Intel Core i7 7800X +17%

1362

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5236

Intel Core i7 7800X +16%

6082

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

1048

Intel Core i7 7800X +2%

1069

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

5787

Intel Core i7 7800X +13%

6578

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

2370

Intel Core i7 7800X +1%

2409

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +8%

13981

Intel Core i7 7800X

12894

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

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Intel Core i7 7800X

General Parameters

Apr 2018

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-7800X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

95 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

36x

Multiplier

35x

96K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

1MB per core

16MB shared

L3 Cache

8MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

64GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7800X

3.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

28

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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