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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-6700 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-6700 is 610 days older than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700 - 16 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6700
- Performs up to 1% better in Metro Exodus than Ryzen 7 1700 - 144 vs 142 FPS
- Up to 34% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700 - $129.0 vs $195.0
- Up to 34% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Ryzen 7 1700 - $0.9 vs $1.37 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
AMD YD1700BBAEBOX Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler
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Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
FPS
144
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.9/FPS
100%
Price, $
$129
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Boxed Core I7-6700 FC-LGA14C 3.40 GHz 8 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I76700
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Ryzen 7 1700
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 | vs | Intel Core i7-6700 |
|---|---|---|
Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Jul 1st, 2015 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Skylake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 4 |
16 | Threads | 8 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 1700 or Core i7-6700
Metro Exodus, 1920 x 1080, Extreme
37 FPS
$21.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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29 FPS
$27.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i7-6700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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