AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i7-4770T

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i7-4770T processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.6 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
  • Around 33% higher maximum core temperature: 95 °C vs 71.45°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 32 GB
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3363 vs 1904
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21866 vs 5868
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Nov 2020 vs June 2013
Unlocked Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz vs 3.70 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C vs 71.45°C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 32 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3363 vs 1904
PassMark - CPU mark 21866 vs 5868

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4770T

  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4770T

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3363
1904
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21866
5868
Name AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7-4770T
PassMark - Single thread mark 3363 1904
PassMark - CPU mark 21866 5868
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5608
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 868
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.413
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 9.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.924

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Intel Core i7-4770T

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 3 Haswell
Launch date 5 Nov 2020 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $610
OPN PIB 100-100000065BOX
OPN Tray 100-000000065
Place in performance rating 661 2353
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $399.99
Processor Number i7-4770T
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 6.36

Performance

Base frequency 3.7 GHz 2.50 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 32 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C 71.45°C
Maximum frequency 4.6 GHz 3.70 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 12 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 47.68 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1150
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2013B

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 20 16
PCI Express revision 4.0 Up to 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4 Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
AMD StoreMI technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.2 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)