Intel Core i7-4700HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 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

2361 points
3147 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3542 points
4989 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2007 points
2595 points
29% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1927 points
2494 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

49.43 points
64.47 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3055 points
3685 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points
1171 points
17% 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

2.4 GHz
2.80 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
4.3 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

47 W
15 W
213% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

649th of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-4700HQ vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7520U performs better than the Core i7-4700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ.

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 i7-4700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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