Intel Core i7-4980HQ vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Core i7-4980HQ vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X beats the Core i7-4980HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-4980HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-4980HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4980HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-4980HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X CPU because of its 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.