{"id":116891,"date":"2017-04-18T07:12:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T05:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=116891"},"modified":"2017-04-18T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T05:12:39","slug":"intel-core-i5-vs-amd-ryzen-5-pricing-and-specifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/116891-intel-core-i5-vs-amd-ryzen-5-pricing-and-specifications","title":{"rendered":"Intel Core i5 vs AMD Ryzen 5 – Pricing and specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD recently released its Ryzen 5 desktop processors, offering superior multi-threaded performance at a competitive price.<\/p>\n

While the company\u2019s Ryzen 7 line-up is aimed at high-end desktop users, boasting eight physical cores with 16 threads,\u00a0Ryzen 5 processors compete slightly lower on the performance ladder.<\/p>\n

The processors feature an impressive number of CPU cores, and compete\u00a0squarely in the mainstream gaming market alongside Intel\u2019s Core i5 processors.<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s new 7th-gen Core i5 desktop processors all feature four physical cores and the same number of threads, while the Ryzen 5 chips boast up to 6 cores with 12 threads.<\/p>\n

AMD\u2019s new chips are based on the company\u2019s Zen microarchitecture, while Intel\u2019s newest line-up of desktop processors is built on its Kaby Lake architecture.<\/p>\n

Specifications and Pricing<\/h3>\n

The specifications and local pricing of the AMD and Intel CPUs are detailed below.<\/p>\n

Pricing information for all products was taken from Wootware<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Processor<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
Cores<\/th>\nThreads<\/th>\nBase Clock<\/th>\nBoost Clock<\/th>\nTDP<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 1400<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n3.2GHz<\/td>\n3.4GHz<\/td>\n65W<\/td>\nR2,749<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n3.5GHz<\/td>\n3.7GHz<\/td>\n65W<\/td>\nR3,099<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 1600<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n3.2GHz<\/td>\n3.6GHz<\/td>\n65W<\/td>\nR3,579<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n3.6GHz<\/td>\n4.0GHz<\/td>\n95W<\/td>\nR4,099<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 7400<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3.0GHz<\/td>\n3.5GHz<\/td>\n65W<\/td>\nR3,062<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 7500<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3.4GHz<\/td>\n3.8GHz<\/td>\n65W<\/td>\nR3,399<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 7600<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3.5GHz<\/td>\n4.1GHz<\/td>\n65W<\/td>\nR3,844<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intel Core i5 7600K<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3.8GHz<\/td>\n4.2GHz<\/td>\n91W<\/td>\nR3,999<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Comparison<\/h3>\n

The two desktop processor ranges are similar in terms of pricing, despite the increased core\/thread count of the Ryzen chips.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0performance<\/a> comparisons<\/a><\/strong> between Intel\u2019s Core i7 line-up and AMD\u2019s Ryzen 7 octa-core processors found that while AMD\u2019s chips were superior in multi-threaded tasks, Intel\u2019s Kaby Lake processors had the edge in single-core benchmarks.<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s Core i7 chips also featured better gaming performance, although this could be an indicator of better driver support and Zen\u2019s inclination towards DirectX 12 and Vulkan performance.<\/p>\n

AMD\u2019s Ryzen processors could be the better buy for certain users, such as gamers looking for a CPU that can breeze through streaming and playing simultaneously.<\/p>\n

Intel\u2019s processors remain a good choice for regular gamers and professional users, as they offer better IPC and single-core performance.<\/p>\n

Intel chips also include integrated graphics, making them a valuable option for users with no need for discrete graphics hardware.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Intel Core i7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 \u2013 Intel is still the gaming king<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We compared the South African pricing and specifications of the latest desktop processors from Intel and AMD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":115629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1051,9891,1727,24037],"class_list":["post-116891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-core-i5","tag-intel","tag-ryzen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116893,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116891\/revisions\/116893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}