Amd Ryzen 5 Intel Equivalent

The difference between AMD vs. Intel processors is simply explained below. The two CPUs differ in terms of price, cores, clock rates and overclocking potential. In addition, we explain for whom which processor is most worthwhile. The links marked with a symbol or green underlining are affiliate links. If a purchase is made via these links, we receive a commission – without additional costs for you! More info.

AMD vs. Intel – These are the differences

When buying a PC these days, you almost inevitably choose between AMD or Intel, as the two manufacturers dominate the market. For many users the price is decisive, others like to use certain programs effectively or want to play and overclock their PC specifically.

Comparable AMD CPUs have more processing cores and can thus outperform Intel processors in computationally intensive programs that access multiple cores, such as video editing.
AMD processors are usually a bit cheaper than their comparable Intel counterparts.
You can overclock AMD processors out of the box without restrictions, whereas you have to look out for the suffix “K” in Intel CPUs (for example: Core-i9-9900K). Please note that you are solely responsible for any damage caused by overclocking.
Intel CPUs usually have higher clock rates, which especially games benefit from.
Intel offers support for technologies like Apple’s Thunderbolt 3, for which AMD is not licensed.
AMD, on the other hand, comes up with technologies that will be installed in the Xbox Series X, which will be optimized for games in fall 2002. Consequently, these titles could also run better on a PC with an AMD CPU.

How to find your processor

When choosing the right processor, you should ask yourself what you would like to do with it. Both AMD and Intel have processors in every price segment.

You can often recognize equivalent processors by the names like AMD-Ryzen-7 and Intel-Core-i7. The numbers and letters behind them provide information about the performance.
The higher the numbers, the better the performance. Ryzen-3 or Core-i3 processors are sufficient for surfing and emails.
Ryzen 5 and Core i5 processors are suitable for a mid-range PC for programs and moderate gaming.
For more demanding users, the Ryzen-7 and Core-i7 are best suited. Here you can also use better-resolution games and more demanding programs.
High-end users will reach for Core-i9 or Ryzen-9 to play games on the highest graphics settings or use professional applications for video editing.
However, you can often find a variety of other processors for the server sector or for notebooks. However, the rough classification will help you with your selection.

This explains the difference between Intel and AMD (Image: Pixabay/Blickpixel).

The agony of choice – further differences

As already mentioned, Intel processors usually have the edge in games, while AMD CPUs shine in applications. However, include other aspects in the purchase decision:

The cheaper processors often have a graphics chip, so you can display applications without an additional graphics card. This allows you to save power.
Overall, more cores also consume more power, whereby each new generation of processors becomes more frugal here.
Processors from the last generation are often not inferior to the current ones in much. Therefore, you can make a bargain with older CPUs, especially if the CPU fits your existing chipset.
There is a comparable variety of graphics cards and a high-end CPU can only compensate for a lack of graphics performance to a limited extent.

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CPU buying guide 2022: AMD and Intel buying tips

Intel and AMD are long-time rivals. We send current desktop CPUs from the two manufacturers into a duel. © Golubovy – shutterstock / PC Magazin The CPU is the heart of the PC and a wrong purchase significantly affects the fun while gaming and the speed while working. Choosing the right CPU is not easy, however, as it is teeming with cryptic terms like cores, clock speed and cache. Before we get to specific recommendations, let’s first take a look at the basics.

AMD or Intel?

In the PC market, AMD and Intel are the most important CPU manufacturers. For years, Intel was clearly ahead of the competition in terms of performance. That has changed fundamentally since 2017. Back then, AMD caught up almost overnight with the Zen Core architecture and the Ryzen and Ryzen Threadripper CPUs based on it. In many cases, the CPUs even offer the better price/performance ratio today. Thus, it does not always have to be Intel anymore. It is only important that CPU and motherboard match. An AMD CPU needs a motherboard with AMD chips, an Intel CPU needs a motherboard with Intel chips. On the other hand, Intel SSDs work just as well in computers with AMD CPUs as AMD graphics cards in Intel-based PCs.

AMD: Athlon, Ryzen and Threadripper explained

AMD’s current CPU lineup consists of two families. The small family of Athlon CPUs (intended for low-budget PCs) is joined by the large group of Ryzen CPUs. Within Ryzen, AMD further divides into Ryzen 3, 5, 7 and 9 as well as Ryzen Threadripper. Within the model name of a CPU, additions and capital letters stand for special features:

A “Pro” marks AMD’s chips with additional features for business customers, which are rather irrelevant for private users and small businesses (for example, a guaranteed availability period).
“G” stands for CPUs with integrated graphics chip (see below)
“E” stands for CPUs that are aimed at PC manufacturers and enable certain designs, for example, by operating with a fixed defined wattage. Models without the “E” suffix offer more flexibility. International OEMs may also have “GE” CPUs in their portfolio.
“X” and “XT” (up to Ryzen 3000) indicate variants of an original model that have been increased in performance, apart from exceptions. For example, the Ryzen 5 3600X is a somewhat more powerful variant of the Ryzen 5 3600, which is in turn surpassed by the Ryzen 5 3600XT. AMD occasionally reissues CPUs without such a label. If you find the same CPU in a store several times, this could be the reason.

CPUs are developed generation by generation, which is reflected in the model designations. AMD numbers its Ryzen generations in increments of 1000. That’s why models of the first generation had names like “Ryzen 3 1200” and “Ryzen 7 1700”, while CPUs of the third generation are called “Ryzen 3 3200” and “Ryzen 7 3700”, for example. AMD has currently arrived at the 7000 series. In practice, you will primarily encounter the following designations:

Ryzen 1000: “Summer Ridge”
Ryzen Threadripper 1000: “Whitehaven
Ryzen 2000 APUs: “Raven Ridge
Ryzen 2000: “Pinnacle Ridge
Ryzen Threadripper 2000: “Colfax”
Ryzen 3000 APUs: “Picasso”
Ryzen 3000: “Matisse
Ryzen Threadripper 3000: “Castle Peak”
Ryzen 4000 APUs: “Renoir”
Ryzen 5000: “Vermeer
Ryzen 6000 APUs: “Rembrandt”
Ryzen 7000: “Raphael”

Intel: Core i, Celeron and Pentium Gold explained

At Intel, the CPU families are called Celeron and Pentium Gold, as well as Core i. The Core i CPUs are in turn made up of the subcategories Core i3, i5, i7 and i9. Within the model name of a CPU, capital letters stand for special features:

“F” indicates Intel’s CPUs without an integrated graphics unit (see below).
“K” indicates CPUs whose performance can be increased particularly well by overclocking.

Intel simply numbers CPU generations consecutively and has most recently arrived at generation 13. This results in a current CPU name like Core i5-13600K, where the “13” after the hyphen indicates the generation. Intel has most recently given its desktop CPU generations the following names:

Generation 10: Comet Lake-S
Generation 11: Rocket Lake-S
Generation 12: Alder Lake-S
Generation 13: Raptor Lake-S

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Rough classification of CPU performance

With this knowledge, you can now already roughly estimate the performance of CPUs:

Within a generation, performance increases as indicated above, i.e. a Ryzen Threadripper is faster than a Ryzen 9, which in turn is snappier than a Ryzen 5, and a Core i9 rushes ahead of a Core i7.
CPUs of a new generation are typically faster, but also more expensive than their predecessors.
As performance usually increases, so does power consumption, at least within a CPU generation.
AMD Athlon and Ryzen 3 as well as Celeron, Pentium Gold and Core i3 all play in the entry-level class.
Ryzen 5 and Core i5 make up the mid-range.
The upper class consists of Ryzen 7 and Core i7.
Ryzen Threadripper and Core i9 are high-end processors.

We’ll answer typical questions on the next page. What do cores and threads mean, do you need an integrated graphics chip and what does boxed or tray mean? After that, you’ll find our CPU recommendations for gaming, professional work or the high-end multimedia office routine.

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AMD Ryzen CPU – better than Intel?

For several years, Intel has faced little to no competition in the CPU market in terms of performance. AMD has always been characterized by relatively inexpensive processors, but it has always lacked performance, innovation and efficiency. While Intel introduced revisions and new models of desktop and mobile CPUs almost every six months, AMD did not make much noise in terms of processors. AMD can claim 40-45% of the market share, but has always been behind Intel in the mid/high-end range. With the new “Ryzen” line, which was introduced at the beginning of 2017, AMD now boasts of inexpensive and powerful processors. Compared with the previous product lines, Ryzen is characterized by a strongly reduced power consumption, which is combined with extreme computing power.

Eight cores for little money

Users who wanted a current processor with eight cores would have to go to Intel and at the same time dig deep into their pockets. At least 1100€ had to be spent on an i7 5960X to be able to enjoy 16 threads. AMD’s Ryzen flagship, which is called R7 1800X, is priced at 560€, which is just half the price of an equivalent Intel CPU. AMD also offers eight cores including SMT/hyperthreading with the smaller R7 1700 models, which mix up the market properly with their price/performance ratio. Although the 1700 models are clocked lower, the comparison with Intel chips of the same price is still exciting, since only one of the Intel quad cores offers Hyperthreading. The 1700 processors of the Ryzen 7 line do not differ technically from the flagship 1800X. All three processors are based on eight cores of the Zen architecture, which are divided into two quad-core clusters. Each cluster has 8 MB of L3 cache, so 16MB in total. In addition to that, dual-channel memory controllers have been installed, which can manage DDR4 memory at up to 2667 MHz as standard. The only difference in the Ryzen 7 line can be found in the different clock speeds, which also means the maximum power dissipation varies by 30 watts.

Specifications of the Ryzen 7 & Ryzen 5 product lines

	CPU cores	Base clock / Boost	XFR	L3 cache	Memory	TDP	Price at launch
Ryzen 7 1800X	8 + SMT	3.6 GHz / 4.0 GHz	4.1 GHz	16 MByte	DDR4-2667	95 watts	560 Euro
Ryzen 7 1700X	8 + SMT	3.4 GHz / 3.8 GHz	3.9 GHz	16 MByte	DDR4-2667	95 watts	440 Euro
Ryzen 7 1700	8 + SMT	3.0 GHz / 3.7 GHz	3.75 GHz	16 MByte	DDR4-2667	65 watts	360 Euro
Ryzen 5 1600X	6 + SMT	3.6 GHz / 4.0 GHz	4.1 GHz	16 MByte	DDR4-2667	95 watts	300 Euro
Ryzen 5 1600	6 + SMT	3.2 GHz / 3.6 GHz	3.7 GHz	16 MByte	DDR4-2667	65 watts	260 Euro
Ryzen 5 1500X	4 + SMT	3.5 GHz / 3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz	16 MByte	DDR4-2667	65 watts	230 Euro
Ryzen 5 1400	4 + SMT	3.2 GHz / 3.4 GHz	3.45 GHz	8 MByte	DDR4-2667	65 watts	200 Euro

While suitable AM4 motherboards established themselves on the market together with the Ryzen CPUs, some motherboard manufacturers already developed possible UEFI optimizations to significantly improve the processors’ computing performance in games and image/video editing programs. Whether it is a bug fix or a real improvement does not matter in the end, since Ryzen will find itself sufficiently with consumers in the medium term and thanks to continuing trends.

Ryzen vs. Kaby-Lake

To make a real comparison between AMD Ryzen and Intel Kaby-Lake with a real scenario, technical data is not enough. Therefore, both chips were tested under different conditions and compared with each other. The test systems for this were each equipped and tested with 16 GB of RAM in dual-channel mode and a GTX 1080 in the reference design. The opponents are Ryzen 7 CPUs and Intel’s processors from a respective same price segment. Time in seconds; less = better score; more = better score; more = better When compressing in 7Zip, the Intel chips are a few seconds ahead of their AMD opponents. The advantage of the Intel chips here lies in the clock rates, which is also reflected in the single-core performance in CineBench. However, the Ryzen chips are clearly ahead of the Intel Kaby Lake processors in the multi-core test thanks to 16 threads. Even the 1200€ Intel flakship is outperformed by the 50% cheaper R7 1800X by almost 100 points. In various applications, the R7 1700X can keep up well with the i7 6850K and even overtake it when it comes to video transcoding or blending. However, the results of the opponents R7 1700 and 7700K are more different because the Intel chip can only process half of the threads, but with higher IPC and clock rates. Software with less parallelization (e.g. Adobe Lightroom) does not suit the Ryzen chip as well, but the performance is still beyond that of previous AMD generations (Vishera/Bulldozer). Only the Intel i7 6950X from the Broadwell-E lineup, with 10 cores and 20 threads, can outperform the Ryzen 7 1800X in terms of multi-core computing power. However, since this processor is beyond 1600€, the deca-core was not implemented in the comparison. The power consumption of the Ryzen 7 CPUs is around 37 watts in idle for all 3 chips. Intel’s processors, on the other hand, differ by a good 50%. While the quad-cores consume 27 watts, the big brothers i7 6850K and i7 6900K need about 55 watts each. Intel’s continued efficiency is again clearly evident under load. In the demanding graphics program “Blender”, the Kaby Lake systems consume around 130 watts, while the Ryzen setups consume between 118 and 151 watts. The somewhat larger differences in terms of consumption within the Ryzen 7 line can be justified by the different clock rates and operating voltages, since all three AMD models are based on the same CPU. Users who want the fastest model of the Ryzen line are best advised to go for the now 530€ expensive 1800X. For gamers, the smaller 1700 and 1700X models are more suitable, since these chips can easily be raised to the performance level of the respective larger model with a simple overclocking. But even without overclocking, the Ryzen chips are usually only a few FPS apart. Even those who do not play games, but render, compile and transcode are better off with Intel this time. The 8 Zen cores of the 1800X outshine every Intel Core i7 thanks to Hyperthreading and the high clock rates. In terms of price/performance ratio, the R7 1700 is the best. For 350€ you get strong performance with an easy to overclock chip, which is also about 30 watts more frugal than the bigger models. If 350€ is still too much for you, you should take a look at the six-core Ryzen 5 line.

Ryzen 5 as an alternative for smaller demands

Especially the 1600X of the Ryzen 5 line looks attractive to the end user, since the hexa-core runs at 4.1 GHz and thus has the same clock rates as the 1800X. Also, if you compare the two chips more closely you can see even more similarities. Both chips use the same 16MB cache and similar clusters. Actually, both chips have two quad-core clusters, which are each allocated 8MB of cache. However, since the 1600X is a hexa-core processor, one core per cluster is disabled here. Thus, you get a 3+3 configuration with the same clock rates and the same amount of cache as the 1800X.

AMD Threadripper as a counter against Intel Core i9?

After Intel’s announcement of the new i9 flagships at Computex 2017, AMD didn’t have to wait long with an answer, because they introduced a CPU shortly after that, which is named Threadripper . Across Computex, AMD let its competitor Intel take the lead in terms of premieres and presentations. Besides Intel’s newly announced chipsets and processors, AMD revealed their new super CPU. With 16 cores including SMT, up to 32 threads can work simultaneously. It is strongly assumed that the new Threadripper chip is a combination of two AMD Ryzen 7 1800X, or four Ryzen 5 1500X sharing common cache. However, the problem compared to Intel’s 16-core would be that the AMD CPU consists of two or four individual DIEs, whose communication with each other is significantly slower than if a single native DIE were used. Intel relies on this, but it can only be determined after the release of both processors how far the slowed communication between several DIEs affects the overall performance of the chip. Furthermore, the CPU can manage up to 2 terabytes of RAM, which only looks impressive in theory, though, since such an amount of RAM simply won’t find room on a consumer mainboard. Eight 256GB bars would be needed to exhaust the CPU’s management capacities. Even if such DDR4 bars were to be available, prices in the five-digit range would have to be expected per piece. The chipset needed to address a Threadripper CPU is called AMD X399, which is very similar to Intel’s new chipset name, called X299.

Attack on Intel

With Threadripper, AMD is setting up a direct competitor to Intel’s new i9-7960X, which is expected to hit the market with an entry price of around $1500. In contrast to the Intel CPU, however, Threadripper offers support for a whole 64 PCIe lanes, instead of only 44 as with the Intel chip. In practice, this means a higher data rate between multiple graphics cards, PCIe SSDs and the CPU. The market launch of the new AMD heavyweight is scheduled for summer 2017. Intel also has time until then to make their i9 series completely market-ready.

Ryzen Mobile

Processors for mobile devices also find their place under the new Ryzen line, as AMD not only wants to defy Intel in the desktop market, but also wants to make a noteworthy place for itself in the world of laptops and ultrabooks. In the third or fourth quarter of this year, AMD wants to release a mobile CPU whose computing power is supposed to be between 40 and 50 percent stronger in contrast to equally priced Intel APUs. The Vega GPU, which is integrated for the first time, is also supposed to bring a significant performance advantage over Intel chips in applications. AMD also wants to shake off the reputation of power-hungry CPUs with the mobile Ryzen APUs. AMD claims to consume up to 50% less power with their chip in contrast to a mobile Kaby Lake. All that combined with 50% more processing power and 40% more graphics performance promises a powerful overall package that should make ultrabooks even more efficient and gaming laptops even more powerful. Amd Ryzen 5 Intel Equivalent.

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