Intel Core i7-5820K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 4 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

4081 points
1% slightly better overall score
4006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points
6204 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
3195 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

95.66 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
79.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.2 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
45 W
211% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

428th of 1,089
435th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7000 Series

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

DDR4-1600
DDR5

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 i7-5820K vs Ryzen 5 7235HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-5820K is faster than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-5820K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Indeed, the Core i7-5820K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7235HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5820K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7235HS 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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