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%

1090

Intel Core i7 7800X

963

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X +3%

7507

Intel Core i7 7800X

7269

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

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

35x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

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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