Intel Core i7-4771 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i7-4771 vs Ryzen 5 7520U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7520U beats the Core i7-4771 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4771 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4771 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Core i7-4771 thanks to a 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 i7-4771 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.