Intel Core i5-5300U vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Core i5-5300U vs Ryzen 3 7320U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 7320U beats the Core i5-5300U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-5300U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 3 7320U has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-5300U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-5300U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5300U. Also, the Ryzen 3 7320U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 7320U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-5300U. The Ryzen 3 7320U also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.