Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

Core i7-4980HQ vs Ryzen 3 5425U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 5425U beats the Core i7-4980HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4980HQ 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-4980HQ thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.