Intel Core i7-3820 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U

Compare Intel Core X-series 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

2718 points
3137 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4152 points
4530 points
9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2278 points
2722 points
19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2189 points
2633 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.29 points
86.82 points
126% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2306 points
5816 points
152% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

624 points
1691 points
170% 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

3.6 GHz
79% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.5 GHz
18% 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
519th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 February
2023 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 7530U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3820 is faster than the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-3820 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3820. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3820 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-3820 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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