Core i7-4980HQ vs Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4980HQ performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4980HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4980HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4980HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U 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.
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 i7-4980HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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