Intel Core i7-3720QM vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile 6 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

2112 points
4045 points
91% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3499 points
5929 points
69% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1701 points
3489 points
105% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1632 points
3373 points
106% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

42.68 points
94.21 points
120% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1978 points
5599 points
183% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

586 points
1594 points
172% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

705th of 1,092
434th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2021 March

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 i7-3720QM vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U beats the Core i7-3720QM in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-3720QM has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3720QM that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3720QM. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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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