Intel Core i7-5930K 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

3870 points
4006 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points
6204 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points
0.99% slightly better multitasking score
3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
3195 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points
23% 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

3.5 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
13% 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

448th 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 i7-5930K vs Ryzen 5 7235HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7235HS 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-5930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-5930K 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.

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