Whats better for Blender? Ryzen 1700x or 2600

[randomewok4]

Recently my friend asked me to make a PC for him. He intends to use it as a gaming tower and a workstation machine. Since I don't really know too much about Ryzen. I was just wondering if a Ryzen 7 1700x or Ryzen 5 2600 would be better for Blender rendering?

 

[madmatt30]

The ryzen 7 with more cores would be better for blender & very close for gaming.

At a similar price if its on offer Id probably take it over the 2600, if its a lot,more expensive I wouldnt .

Its as simple,as that.

 

[guanyu210379]

For Blender 1700x should be better. (more cores)
For gaming 2600 should be better. (faster cores)
Yes, looking at the 1700 and 1700xs price, it is hard to pick between those or 2600/2600x.
Here where I live:
2600 = €169
2600X = €210
1700 = €200
1700X = €220

I for myself would pick 2600. The cores are about 6% faster (you can also OC it) and it still comes with 6 cores 12 threads, which should be already good enough for most of daily rendering, unless you are a pro-renderer, who renders really a lot

If you renders alot, and I mean really, a lot more..I would rather grab TR 1920X.

 

[InvalidError]

For pure rendering, 1700X for the raw processing power since rendering is heavily parallelizable.

Blender's UI while using work-mode views instead of live-preview isn't heavily threaded though. If your friend cares more about UI responsiveness in work mode than the final rendering time, then the 2600X may be a better choice.

I'd go with the 2600X since it has much better memory compatibility, is less dependent on memory clock for performance and its higher single-thread performance will give it an edge in most everyday software.

 

[guanyu210379]

Are you confused about 2600 or 2600x?
Get 2600, if you plan to OC the processor. Save the price difference to get better cooler.
Get 2600x, if you are not planing to OC.