Intel Core i7-2820QM vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel Core 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

2212 points

3147 points

42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3474 points

4989 points

43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1842 points

2595 points

40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1774 points

2494 points

40% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

26.94 points

64.47 points

139% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1622 points

3685 points

127% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

519 points

1171 points

125% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.80 GHz

21% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

4.3 GHz

26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

680th of 1,089

518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2820QM vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7520U 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2820QM.

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.