AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i7 7700K

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Intel Core i7 7700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i7 7700K with 4 cores 4.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 's Advantages

Released 7 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 8MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)

Intel Core i7 7700K 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.9GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +75%

2119

Intel Core i7 7700K

1209

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +176%

16284

Intel Core i7 7700K

5881

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +113%

3331

Intel Core i7 7700K

1557

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +185%

15031

Intel Core i7 7700K

5260

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +68%

4571

Intel Core i7 7700K

2712

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +210%

29828

Intel Core i7 7700K

9594

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Intel Core i7 7700K

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

Jan 2017

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Kaby Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-7700K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1151

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

HD Graphics 630

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

91 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

4

12

Performance Core Threads

8

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.2 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

42 MHz

39

Multiplier

100x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

256 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

8 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1600

192 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

350 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1150 MHz

-

Shader Units

192

-

Texture Units

24

-

Raster Operation Units

3

2

Execution Units

24

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

4096x2304 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

0.44 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 7700K

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

16

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2

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