Intel Core i7-4790S vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G

Core i7-4790S vs Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790S beats the Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4790S has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 PRO 3200G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4790S.

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 i7-4790S has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.