AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-4770K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 4
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 2000 Intel Core i 4000
• Successor
  AMD Ryzen 7 3700X --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.30 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.25 GHz
• Execution units
  20
• Shader
  160
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7.5
• DirectX Version
  11.1
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4770K and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2933 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 16

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Intel Core i7-4770K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  105 W 84 W
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Haswell S
• Technology
  12 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q2/2018 Q2/2013