Intel Core i7-5930K vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

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

3870 points
6306 points
62% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5431 points
8479 points
56% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points
5619 points
67% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3246 points
5454 points
68% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

98.86 points
163.82 points
65% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5677 points
9274 points
63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1222 points
2302 points
88% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.5 GHz
4.30 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
5 GHz
35% 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

448th of 1,089
235th 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
2023 April

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
-

Core i7-5930K vs Ryzen 5 7640HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7640HS beats the Core i7-5930K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-5930K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5930K. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640HS 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-5930K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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