Intel Core i7-4800MQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Core i7-4800MQ vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4800MQ beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4800MQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4800MQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4800MQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4800MQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outputs less heat than Core i7-4800MQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4800MQ. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-4800MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.