Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 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

5865 points
6729 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points
8309 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points
6222 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points
6086 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5958 points
6869 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points
174.92 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points
8807 points
12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points
1907 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.75 GHz
10% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
Identical
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

11 MiB
16 MiB
45% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

262nd of 1,089
208th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen 7 7735HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7735HS performs better than the Core i7-7820X. Despite this, the Core i7-7820X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-7820X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7735HS.

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

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