Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  7 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-6500 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Successor
  Intel Core i5-8500 -
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.6 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 None
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i5-7500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  16 20
• PCIe version
  3.0 4.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 4.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7500 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake S Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  - 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 32 MB
• Part Number
  - 100-000000065
• Release date
  Q1/2017 2020-11-05
• Socket
  LGA 1151 AM4
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Vermeer