Intel Core i7-7500U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

1350 points
5419 points
301% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2679 points
6732 points
151% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1002 points
5010 points
400% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

962 points
4902 points
409% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

23.43 points
130.22 points
455% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
8
300% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
16
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

857th of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 August
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133
DDR4

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 i7-7500U vs Ryzen 7 7730U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7730U is faster than the Core i7-7500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7500U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 7730U has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-7500U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U.

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 i7-7500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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