Intel Core i7-7820HQ vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U

Compare Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 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

2218 points
2650 points
19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3567 points
4215 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1819 points
2190 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1749 points
2104 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.31 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
47.87 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3447 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
2704 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1174 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
923 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3581 points
37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2612 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1188 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
903 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

678th of 1,089
602nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

7th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 PRO Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 February
2019 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-7820HQ vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-7820HQ performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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 Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 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.

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 i7-7820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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