i7 7700k vs Ryzen 5 1600x

[Nikhil_2305]

I want to know which CPU is better , i7 7700k or Ryzen 5 1600x. I will be using it mainly for SolidWorks and Video Editing and also sometimes for gaming as well.

These are my PCPartPicker builds:

https://in.pcpartpicker.com/user/Nikhil23/saved/#view=VqxqsY

https://in.pcpartpicker.com/user/Nikhil23/saved/#view=ZYBRBm

 

[Keannu]

Hey there this link might help .~.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3403247/ryzen-1600x-7700k-cad-cae-fea-solidworks-cfd.html

 

[Stepho456]

I would go with the Ryzen 5 1600x just because solid works uses all of your cores and in terms of rendering times the more cores the better. so 8 cores and 16 threads will obviously beat out 4 cores and 8 threads.

 

[YoAndy]

Given most of the cad and solidworks benchmarks I've seen, the i7 7700k would likely be the better choice.
Also the i7 7700k can be overclocked past 5ghz Making it the fastest quad core 8 thread CPU in the world and The Ryzen 5 stays around 4ghz making the i7 7700k the clear winner over the Rayzen 5

 

[Stepho456]

Given most of the cad and solidworks benchmarks I've seen, the i7 7700k would likely be the better choice.
Also the i7 7700k can be overclocked past 5ghz Making it the fastest quad core 8 thread CPU in the world and The Ryzen 5 stays around 4ghz making the i7 7700k the clear winner over the Rayzen 5

Yes it may make it a faster quad core 8 thread but solidworks 2016 takes use of more cores not threads so in a multicore standpoint the ryzen 5 will win becuase it actually has more phyiscal cores and running the i7 and 5ghz for a long period of time can cause the cpu to explode (not literally) if you do not have a good cooler so if he/she works hours at a time and wants to take the safe route he/she should go ryzen.

 

[YoAndy]

Given most of the cad and solidworks benchmarks I've seen, the i7 7700k would likely be the better choice.
Also the i7 7700k can be overclocked past 5ghz Making it the fastest quad core 8 thread CPU in the world and The Ryzen 5 stays around 4ghz making the i7 7700k the clear winner over the Rayzen 5

Yes it may make it a faster quad core 8 thread but solidworks 2016 takes use of more cores not threads so in a multicore standpoint the ryzen 5 will win becuase it actually has more phyiscal cores and running the i7 and 5ghz for a long period of time can cause the cpu to explode if you do not have a good cooler so if he/she works hours at a time and wants to take the safe route he/she should go ryzen.

''To explode'' @5ghz? my wife's PC has a core i7 6700k running @5.15ghz and she games a lot, it has been a year and a half since I built that rig and the cpu is rock solid. First to get a cpu up to 5ghz you need a good cooler everyone knows that so stop talking nonsense about exploding CPU's. No one smart enough is going to overclock a CPU up to 5ghz with a shitty cooler and the core i7 7700k @5ghz is a beast.

 

[Stepho456]

Given most of the cad and solidworks benchmarks I've seen, the i7 7700k would likely be the better choice.
Also the i7 7700k can be overclocked past 5ghz Making it the fastest quad core 8 thread CPU in the world and The Ryzen 5 stays around 4ghz making the i7 7700k the clear winner over the Rayzen 5

Yes it may make it a faster quad core 8 thread but solidworks 2016 takes use of more cores not threads so in a multicore standpoint the ryzen 5 will win becuase it actually has more phyiscal cores and running the i7 and 5ghz for a long period of time can cause the cpu to explode if you do not have a good cooler so if he/she works hours at a time and wants to take the safe route he/she should go ryzen.

''To explode'' @5ghz? my wife's PC has a core i7 6700k running @5.15ghz and she games a lot, it has been a year and a half since I built that rig and the cpu is rock solid. First to get a cpu up to 5ghz you need a good cooler everyone knows that so stop talking nonsense about exploding CPU's. No one smart enough is going to overclock a CPU up to 5ghz with a shitty cooler and the core i7 7700k @5ghz is a beast.

I was being sarcastic point being i7 4ghz or 5ghz solidworks will run better when using more physical cores and threads.

 

[YoAndy]

Given most of the cad and solidworks benchmarks I've seen, the i7 7700k would likely be the better choice.
Also the i7 7700k can be overclocked past 5ghz Making it the fastest quad core 8 thread CPU in the world and The Ryzen 5 stays around 4ghz making the i7 7700k the clear winner over the Rayzen 5

Yes it may make it a faster quad core 8 thread but solidworks 2016 takes use of more cores not threads so in a multicore standpoint the ryzen 5 will win becuase it actually has more phyiscal cores and running the i7 and 5ghz for a long period of time can cause the cpu to explode if you do not have a good cooler so if he/she works hours at a time and wants to take the safe route he/she should go ryzen.

''To explode'' @5ghz? my wife's PC has a core i7 6700k running @5.15ghz and she games a lot, it has been a year and a half since I built that rig and the cpu is rock solid. First to get a cpu up to 5ghz you need a good cooler everyone knows that so stop talking nonsense about exploding CPU's. No one smart enough is going to overclock a CPU up to 5ghz with a shitty cooler and the core i7 7700k @5ghz is a beast.

I was being sarcastic point being i7 4ghz or 5ghz solidworks will run better when using more physical cores and threads.

You really have no idea of what you are talking about do you? I'm not even going to compare the Ryzen 5 to the i7 7700k because that's just a waist of my time, instead here is a comparison against the more powerful Ryzen 7 CPU's.

If you are looking for a short answer as to whether or not AMD Ryzen is a good fit for SOLIDWORKS, we would have to say "no". The Ryzen CPUs did extremely well in our rendering testing (easily beating the i7 6850K and matching the i7 6900K), but otherwise the performance was disappointing. In general modeling tasks, Ryzen fell far behind the Intel Core i7 7700K - performing on average about 35-40% slower. Simulations was a bit better but even then Ryzen was ~20% slower than the i7 7700K.

If you do a significant amount of rendering in SOLIDWORKS, Ryzen might be a good choice if you are on a tight budget but anyone doing that amount of rendering can likely either justify purchasing the faster and more expensive i7 6950X or will be using a GPU-based rendering engine like SW Visualize to get faster render times by leveraging the power of their GPU. For the vast majority of SW users, it is clear that you should stick with the Intel Core i7 7700K. Not only is it less expensive and uses less power (so it should run both cooler and quieter), it is also much faster for everything short of rendering.

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[CRO5513Y]

Yes the i7-7700K > Ryzen 1600X in SolidWorks i have seen loads of benchmarks on this already. More cores/threads is usually a very key aspect in multi threaded applications like this but the overall clock speed and probably better optimisations within the software have proven the i7s to be a better pick for Solidworks. Your logic is indeed correct in most cases like this application @Stepho but not in this instance.

@OP, whether Overclocking or not, the answer to your question is the i7-7700K is better than the Ryzen 5 1600X in Solidworks CAD.

 

[Barney6262]

Generally most CAD programs are significantly more optimised for intel based PCs.

Even though Ryzen has made AMD a viable option once again, this preference for intel wont change for a number of years.

 

[YoAndy]

Considering The Ryzen 7 1700X and 1800X are cheaper than the Intel Core i7 6850K (and 6900K for that matter), they fared pretty well compared to the "High End" Intel CPUs although they were certainly a good deal slower. However people don't know this ''BUT MOST GENERAL TASKS IN SOLIDWORKS ARE SINGLE THREADED'', which makes the Intel Core i7 7700K 4 core CPU much faster than every other CPU we tested in this article - including Ryzen. Specifically, the i7 7700K was on average about 35-40% faster than the 1700x and 1800x.

(HIGHER IS BETTER)

(LOWER IS BETTER)

 

[YoAndy]

Yes the i7-7700K > Ryzen 1600X in SolidWorks i have seen loads of benchmarks on this already. More cores/threads is usually a very key aspect in multi threaded applications like this but the overall clock speed and probably better optimisations within the software have proven the i7s to be a better pick for Solidworks. Your logic is indeed correct in most cases like this application @Stepho but not in this instance.

@OP, whether Overclocking or not, the answer to your question is the i7-7700K is better than the Ryzen 5 1600X in Solidworks CAD.

Considering The Ryzen 7 1700X and 1800X are cheaper than the Intel Core i7 6850K (and 6900K for that matter), they fared pretty well compared to the "High End" Intel CPUs although they were certainly a good deal slower. However people don't know this ''BUT MOST GENERAL TASKS IN SOLIDWORKS ARE SINGLE THREADED'', which makes the Intel Core i7 7700K 4 core CPU much faster than every other CPU they tested in this article - including Ryzen. Specifically, the i7 7700K was on average about 35-40% faster than the 1700x and 1800x.

(HIGHER IS BETTER)

(LOWER IS BETTER)