AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i7 7820X

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Intel Core i7 7820X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 with 6 cores 3.4GHz 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 2600 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (2933 vs 2666)

Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 11MB)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 140W)

Intel Core i7 7820X 's Advantages

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

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.4GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1016

Intel Core i7 7820X +31%

1338

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

7101

Intel Core i7 7820X +88%

13358

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1170

Intel Core i7 7820X +7%

1252

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

4526

Intel Core i7 7820X +65%

7510

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

1029

Intel Core i7 7820X +8%

1120

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

5638

Intel Core i7 7820X +50%

8504

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

2242

Intel Core i7 7820X +13%

2536

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

13124

Intel Core i7 7820X +30%

17189

AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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Intel Core i7 7820X

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

May 2017

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Skylake

-

Processor Number

i7-7820X

AM4

Socket

LGA-2066

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

140 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

99 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

36x

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

11 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-2666

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 2600

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7820X

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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