Intel Core i5-9500 vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Core i5-9500 vs Ryzen 3 7320U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-9500 is faster than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 7320U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-9500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Indeed, the Core i5-9500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 7320U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 7320U has more threads than the Core i5-9500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U. Also, the Core i5-9500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 7320U outputs less heat than Core i5-9500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-9500. Despite this, the Core i5-9500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.

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. For instance, the Core i5-9500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.