Intel Core i7-950 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE

Core i7-950 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-950 beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-950. Also, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 2400GE outputs less heat than Core i7-950 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-950 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.