AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7 7820X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 7820X with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR4-3200 vs DDR4-2666)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 11MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 7820X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1281

Intel Core i7 7820X +4%

1338

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

9354

Intel Core i7 7820X +42%

13358

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +30%

1640

Intel Core i7 7820X

1252

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i7 7820X +6%

7510

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +10%

1240

Intel Core i7 7820X

1120

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7078

Intel Core i7 7820X +20%

8504

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +1%

2565

Intel Core i7 7820X

2536

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 +2%

17685

Intel Core i7 7820X

17189

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i7 7820X

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-7820X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

99 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

11 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

79.47 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7820X

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

-

Extended Instruction Set

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

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