Intel Core i5-4690 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2266 points

3147 points

38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4112 points

4989 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1744 points

2595 points

48% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1673 points

2494 points

49% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

47.68 points

64.47 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3344 points

3685 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1212 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1171 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

24% slightly higher clock speed

2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

84 W

15 W

459% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

670th of 1,089

518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-4690 vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4690 beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 7520U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4690 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core i5-4690 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.