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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6-core 3.6 GHz Socket 0 95W Desktop Processor Intel i5-7600K 4-core 3.8 GHz Socket 1151 91W Desktop Processor

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6-core 3.6 GHz Socket 0 95W Desktop Processor
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Intel i5-7600K 4-core 3.8 GHz Socket 1151 91W Desktop Processor
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CPU Architecture The smaller CPU, the better performance

12 nm

14 nm

Cores The more Cores, the more tasks CPU can perform at the same time

6

4

Threads Threads are not physical cores, but they help with multitasking

12

4

CPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions CPU can execute per second

3.6 GHz

5% higher

3.8 GHz

CPU Turbo Clock CPU turbo clock helps to squeeze more performance by increasing base clock

4.2 GHz

4.2 GHz

Cache CPU stores copies of the frequently used data to the cache for faster execution

16 MB

6 MB

DDR3 Type of memory CPU supports

No

Yes

DDR4 Type of memory CPU supports

Yes

Yes

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data is transfered between CPU and RAM
12% faster

43.7 GB/s

38.4 GB/s

Maximum Memory The maximum amount of memory CPU can support

64 GB

64 GB

Generation

0

7

Socket

0

1151

Thermal Design Power Typical power consumption of the Central Processing Unit

95 Watts

4% lower

91 Watts

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AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6-core 3.6 GHz Socket 0 95W Desktop Processor
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PROS 5
CPU Architecture 12 nm vs 14 nm CPU architecture size is (2nm) 14% bigger
Cores 6 vs 4 (2) 33% more physical cores
Threads 12 vs 4 (8) 67% more logical cores
Cache 16 MB vs 6 MB (10MB) 63% bigger processor cache memory
Memory Bandwidth 43.7 GB/s vs 38.4 GB/s Memory bandwidth is (5.3GB/s) 12% faster
CONS 2
CPU Clock 3.6 GHz vs 3.8 GHz Clock speed is (0.2GHz) 5% lower
Thermal Design Power 95 Watts vs 91 Watts Power consumption is (4Watts) 4% higher
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Intel i5-7600K 4-core 3.8 GHz Socket 1151 91W Desktop Processor
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