amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i7 10700

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i7 10700 (Desktop) 8-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i7 10700 and AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10700
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 12% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Around 5.4 GB/s (11%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
  • Unlocked multiplier

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1311
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9524
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2950
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17827
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1261
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
7818

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i7 10700 and ryzen 5 3600

General

Intel Core i7 10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Vendor Intel AMD
Released June 2 2020 July 7 2019
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake-S Matisse
Socket FCLGA1200 AM4
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 -

Performance

Intel Core i7 10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Base Frequency 2.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.8 GHz 4.2 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 32 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Intel Core i7 10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Fabrication process 14 nm 7 nm, 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i7 10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory types DDR4-2933 DDR4 Dual-channel
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i7 10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.2 MHz MHz
Shading Units 192
TMUs 24
ROPs 3
TGP 15 W W
iGPU FLOPS
0.38 TFLOPS
TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i7 10700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Official site Intel Core i7 10700 official page AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page
PCI Express Version 3
PCI Express Lanes 16

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i7 10700?