Core i7-3720QM vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U is faster than the Core i7-3720QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3720QM in all gaming tests too.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U outputs less heat than Core i7-3720QM thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-3720QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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