Intel Core i7-5930K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5625U

Core i7-5930K vs Ryzen 5 5625U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5625U beats the Core i7-5930K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K 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 Core i7-5930K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5625U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5625U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5625U outputs less heat than Core i7-5930K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.