Intel Core i7-3820 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U

Compare Intel Core X-series 4 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

2718 points
0.26% slightly better overall score
2711 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4152 points
4257 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2278 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
2242 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2189 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
2151 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.29 points
41.85 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2358 points
2399 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

613 points
944 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2306 points
2520 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points
868 points
39% slightly 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
79% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.6 GHz

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
586th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen PRO 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2019 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

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 PRO 2500U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U beats the Core i7-3820 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3820 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U. Also, the Core i7-3820 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U 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.

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

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