AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Vs Core i5-13600K: Which Should You Buy?

At present AMD is permitting PC {hardware} reviewers to unveil their very own efficiency numbers for its not too long ago introduced low energy Ryzen 7000 processors and right now we’ll be taking a look at how the Ryzen 7 7700 performs in comparison with the Ryzen 7 7700X and Core i5-13600K. You’ll be able to see my overview of the Ryzen 9 7900 right here.

The brand new Ryzen 7 7700 prices considerably lower than the Ryzen 7 7700X, bringing it extra in keeping with Intel’s Core i5-13600K. That is an importable transfer because the Core i5 typically had the higher of the Ryzen 7700X in a whole lot of benchmarks an at a cheaper price.

The 7700X and 7700 are the identical when it comes to cores (eight), threads (16) and cache quantities (8MB L2, 32MB L3). It is the TDP and frequencies that differ. It is restricted to only 65W cmpared to 105W for the 7700X and this implies a 200MHz drop in peak enhance frequency and 500MHz drop in all-core enhance frequency, hitting 4.7GHz there as a substitute of 5.2GHz I noticed with the 7700X.

Nonetheless, utilizing PBO and Automated Overclocking, it is easy to get the all-core enhance again as much as 5GHz, which is straightforward to do in your motherboard’s BIOS or in AMD Ryzen Grasp.

My take a look at system makes use of the newest model of Home windows 11 together with the newest drivers. I used an Asus ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi motherboard, 32GB 6,000MHz G.SKill EXPO reminiscence and an RTX 3070 graphics card.

Benchmarks

Beneath we are able to see that in Premiere Professional at the very least, there’s not a lot to be gained by spending extra on the X-series fashions and the Ryzen 7 7700X had the sting over the Core i5-13600K too.

AMD additionally had an edge in Lightroom and Photoshop and right here the Ryzen 7 7700 was additionally in a position to outpace the Ryzen 9 7900, most probably as a result of its a lot larger all-core enhance frequency.

Cinebench is the place we begin to see extra impression from these decrease frequencies, with the Core i5-13600K providing higher efficiency than the Ryzen 7 7700 and the latter additionally posting a noticeably decrease rating than the 7700X.

The Core i5-13600K was sigificantly sooner within the multi-threaded take a look at at 24,268 in comparison with 18,476 for the Ryzen 7 7700, which was round 1,500 factors decrease than the 7700X.

One other multi-threaded take a look at, HandBrake once more noticed the Core i5-13600K provide a greater consequence than the Ryzen 7 7700, which was considerably slower than the 7700X, however not by an enormous quantity.

Beneath in Forza Horizon 5 and whereas there’s some scaling total, above the Ryzen 5 7600X there is not a lot of a bonus going for the Ryzen 7 7700X over the 7700, athough the Core i5-13600K did present a slight enhance, even utilizing a relatively modest RTX 3070 graphcis card – that lead would improve should you used one thing extra highly effective.

Far Cry 6 did not see a lot profit stepping as much as the Ryzen 7 7700, however the Core i5-13600K was as soon as a once more a bit sooner.

Watch Canine: Legion noticed affordable scaling up the graph, however the Ryzen 7 7700 positively sat just under the purpose the place different components had been solidly bottlenecking the sport, Above this, efficiency was comparable, nevertheless it’s clear that with a typical mid-range/high-end graphics card resembling an RTX 3070 or above, the Ryzen 7 7700 will seemingly be hampering efficiency a bit. The Ryzen 7 7700X on the ohter hand was steller right here, due to decrease latency below the hood than the Ryzrn 9 7900X. Once more, although, there’s not a lot in it.

Energy consumption was unsurprisingly a lot decrease, with the Ryzen 7 7700 shaving over 70W off the system energy draw of the Ryzen 7 7700X and given it retains up in a whole lot of checks, goes to point out simply how environment friendly AMD’s CPUs are at decrease energy limits. The Ryzen 7700 was additionally far simpler to maintain cool than the Ryzen 7 7700X and Core i5-13600K, with the latter drawing over 130W extra energy from the wall.

Conclusions

The Ryzen 7 7700 wants solely modest cooling and could be fine-tuned to get well a whole lot of what’s misplaced tighter energy limits in comparison with the Ryzen 7 7700X. Nonetheless, the latter has seen huge worth cuts since launch and now retails for barely any greater than the Ryzen 7 7700 and could be had for below $350.

Given the latter was noticeably sooner in a whole lot of checks, it is undoubtedly price the additional money if the Ryzen 7 7700 finally ends up retailing near its $329 luanch worth. The one exceptions could be should you’re seeking to save money, choosing a less expensive cooler or are primarily involved with cooling and energy consumption.

The Core i5-13600K, in addition to being the identical worth, additionally has the benefit of cheaper motherboards and reminiscence, making it a less expensive solution to personal an honest mid-range processor, which was additionally sooner in plenty of checks. Nonetheless, ot additionally runs hotter and makes use of signficiantly extra energy. As a cool-running, power-frugal mid-range processor with respectable efficiency in lots of checks, although, the Ryzen 7 7700 continues to be positively price contemplating.