Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

2235 points

3089 points

38% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3586 points

4905 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1837 points

2545 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1768 points

2445 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points

64.47 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points

3685 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1171 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

2.80 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.3 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

693rd of 1,118

546th of 1,118

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400

LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820HQ vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7520U beats the Core i7-7820HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820HQ 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 Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Core i7-7820HQ 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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.