Intel Core i7-3520M vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE

Compare Intel Core 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 2000 Series 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

1256 points
0.80% slightly better overall score
1246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2477 points
2633 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

934 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
798 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

895 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score
655 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.75 points
59.58 points
201% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
8
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

881st of 1,089
885th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen PRO 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-3520M vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE is faster than the Core i7-3520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-3520M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3520M. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3520M. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE 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.

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 i7-3520M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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