Intel Core i7-3740QM 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

2493 points

3147 points

26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3957 points

4989 points

26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2061 points

2595 points

25% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1979 points

2494 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

43.44 points

64.47 points

48% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1995 points

3685 points

84% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

599 points

1171 points

95% 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

2.7 GHz

2.80 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4.3 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

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

629th of 1,089

518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 August

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-3740QM vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-3740QM performs better than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3740QM.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-3740QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.