Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U

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
3% slightly better overall score
3358 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5609 points
16% slightly better gaming score
4834 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2826 points
2916 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2712 points
2822 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

62.88 points
86.82 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3854 points
5816 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1241 points
1691 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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
40% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz
4.5 GHz
12% 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

506th of 1,116
514th of 1,116

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2023 January

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
-

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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