Intel Core i7-3820QM vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 499.00
$ 145.00
$ 354.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1913 points
5020 points
162% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3059 points
6843 points
123% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1573 points
4448 points
182% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1510 points
4307 points
185% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

41.56 points
141.41 points
240% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
33% slightly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.4 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

733rd of 1,089
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2012 May
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-3820QM vs Ryzen 5 5500GT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500GT performs better than the Core i7-3820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-3820QM has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Core i7-3820QM has 4 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820QM. Also, the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-3820QM CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT CPU because of its 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 i7-3820QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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