Intel Core i7-2820QM vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Core i7-2820QM vs Ryzen 5 5600GT specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5600GT beats the Core i7-2820QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2820QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has significantly more cores than the Core i7-2820QM. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-2820QM. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2820QM. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-2820QM. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-2820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-2820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.