Intel Core i5-1145G7 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Core i5-1145G7 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1145G7 beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores than the Core i5-1145G7. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-1145G7. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1145G7. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1145G7. Despite this, the Core i5-1145G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1145G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-1145G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.