AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i7-2617M

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-2617M
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Intel Core i7-2617M

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 or Intel Core i7-2617M - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 was released in Q2/2018.

The Intel Core i7-2617M has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-2617M was released in Q1/2011.
AMD Ryzen 7 (63) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
AMD Ryzen 2000 (9) CPU group Intel Core i 2000M (46)
2 Generation 2
Pinnacle Ridge (Zen+) Architecture Sandy Bridge H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (4.10 GHz). The Intel Core i7-2617M has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz (2.60 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Characteristic Intel Core i7-2617M
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.20 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.60 GHz
3.60 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Characteristic Intel Core i7-2617M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.95 GHz
-- GPU Generation 6
Technology 32 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 10.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-2617M can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Characteristic Intel Core i7-2617M
DDR4-2933 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
64 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
46.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
20 PCIe lanes 16
19.7 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i7-2617M is 17 W.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Characteristic Intel Core i7-2617M
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 17 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 has a 16.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-2617M cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Characteristic Intel Core i7-2617M
12 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
AM4 (PGA 1331) Socket BGA 1023
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2018 Release date Q1/2011
290 $ Release price 270 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
944 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
535 (57%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6252 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
1072 (17%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
15740 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
1685 (11%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
1057 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
8947 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
1219 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
5876 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
403 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
3448 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
Intel HD Graphics 3000 @ 0.95 GHz
182 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
231 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
394 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
4092 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 4.10 GHz
164 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 2700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
1529 (100%)
Intel Core i7-2617M Intel Core i7-2617M
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 Intel Core i7-2617M
dercomputerladen Gaming PC mit Ryzen 7 2700
CSL PC Aufrüstkit mit Ryzen 7 2700
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