Intel Core i7-3820 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel Core X-series 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

2718 points
3147 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4152 points
4989 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2278 points
2595 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2189 points
2494 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.29 points
64.47 points
68% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2306 points
3685 points
59% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points
1171 points
87% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.3 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W
15 W
766% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

583rd of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-3820 vs Ryzen 5 7520U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3820 beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-3820 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Core i7-3820 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-3820 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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