Core i7-5820K vs Ryzen 5 240 specs and performance
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Ryzen 5 240. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 240 in all gaming tests too.
Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 240 outputs less heat than Core i7-5820K 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 i7-5820K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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