Intel Core i5-8365U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

1927 points
5419 points
181% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3320 points
6732 points
102% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1537 points
5010 points
225% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1474 points
4902 points
232% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.28 points
130.22 points
215% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.6 GHz
2 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

731st of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-8365U vs Ryzen 7 7730U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7730U is faster than the Core i5-8365U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8365U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7730U has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-8365U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8365U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8365U. Also, the Ryzen 7 7730U 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-8365U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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