Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

3463 points
4590 points
32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5609 points
6773 points
20% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2826 points
3928 points
38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2712 points
3794 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

62.88 points
86.99 points
38% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.3 GHz
7% 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

511th of 1,125
402nd of 1,125

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-4980HQ vs Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7430U is faster than the Core i7-4980HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4980HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-4980HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4980HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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