Intel Core i7-7820X vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 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

5865 points

7% slightly better overall score

5440 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7275 points

7698 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5393 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

4785 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5258 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

4637 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

165.28 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

152.57 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7802 points

9225 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1416 points

2369 points

67% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

79% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.8 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W

28 W

400% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

299th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-7820X vs Ryzen AI 5 340 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 5 340 beats the Core i7-7820X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7820X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-7820X has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 5 340. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7820X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 5 340 outputs less heat than Core i7-7820X 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 i7-7820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.