Intel Core i7-5820K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS

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

4081 points
4135 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5494 points
5749 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3634 points
3665 points
0.85% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3527 points
3562 points
0.99% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.30 GHz
0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.4 GHz
22% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
54 W
159% 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
424th 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 7533HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7533HS beats the Core i7-5820K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5820K in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7533HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5820K. Also, the Ryzen 5 7533HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7533HS 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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