UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 3 1300X vs Intel Core i5-6600K

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Best Bench: 77% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 46% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 46% Great: 77%

SPEED RANK: 491^st / 1445

Gaming 65%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 51%

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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 57% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 57% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 356^th / 1445

Gaming 72%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 55%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		65.4 %			72.4 %	Faster effective speed. +11%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	67.6 Pts		83.3 Pts	Lower memory latency. +23%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	106 Pts		110 Pts	+4%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	209 Pts		218 Pts	+4%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	363 Pts	+3%	352 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	377 Pts	+1%	373 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	77.1 Pts	95.2 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +23%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	119 Pts	136 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +14%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	233 Pts	269 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +15%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	451 Pts	455 Pts	+1%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	451 Pts	476 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +6%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.47 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,600%
Value Value For Money	86.1 %		89.2 %	+4%
User Rating UBM User Rating	60 %		74 %	More popular. +23%
Price Price (score)	$102	Cheaper. +21%	$130


Age Newest	81 Months	More recent. +23%	105 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +29%	91 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz		3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.7 GHz		3.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +5%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	450 Pts		484 Pts	Slightly faster OC 64-core speed. +8%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	380 Pts	+1%	378 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen	Skylake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 530

At a list price of just $129, the quad core, Ryzen 3 1300X is a great budget CPU. The Ryzen 3 series is based on AMD's powerful and energy efficient Zen core architecture as already featured in the mainstream Ryzen 5 series and performance Ryzen 7 series, both launched earlier this year. The 1300X is fully unlocked with a stock base clock speed of 3.5 GHz running up to 3.7 GHz for boost and has a TDP of 65W. The 1300X comes with AMD's Wraith Stealth cooler, but significantly, it is devoid of integrated graphics. Although this can be inexpensively rectified, it may be a stumbling block to those at the entry-level of the market. By comparison, Intel's dual core, four thread i3-7350K comes with 630 HD integrated graphics. In terms of effective speed, early benchmarks for the 1300X just pip the 7350K to the post but results in specific games will depend on the extent to which the game is able to use more than two processing cores simultaneously. The 1300X scores around 20% higher on quad-core tests whereas the 7350K scores 16% higher on single-core tests. The Ryzen 1300X has been released alongside the similar Ryzen 3 1200 which is also an unlocked quad-core with slightly lower base / boost clock speeds of 3.1 / 3.4 GHz and a slightly lower price of just $109. ^{[Jul '17 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i5-6600K is based on the new "Skylake" 14nm manufacturing process. Sporting 4 physical cores with base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.9 GHz the 6600K and its predecessor, the 4690K share the same basic configuration and disappointingly, offer similar performance. Comparing the 6600K and 6700K shows that the 6700K has faster multi and single core performance. The improved multi core performance is due to Hyperthreading which is the key differentiator for the i7-6700K. The gap in single core performance can largely be eliminated by overclocking the i5-6600K so although the stock effective speed is significantly higher on the 6700K, this gap diminishes significantly when both processors are overclocked. At a 30% discount, the 6600K is the better value gaming CPU. ^{[Aug '15 CPUPro]}

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