Intel Core i7-3930K vs AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile 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

3669 points
1% slightly better overall score
3624 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4984 points
5808 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3245 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
2975 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3138 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
2856 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

70.18 points
71% significantly higher Blender score
40.95 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2984 points
4326 points
44% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

616 points
1509 points
144% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.70 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.1 GHz
7% 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

466th of 1,089
470th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 3 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November
2022 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 i7-3930K vs Ryzen 3 5425U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5425U performs better than the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 5425U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5425U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 5425U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5425U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 5425U outputs less heat than Core i7-3930K 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 i7-3930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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