Intel Core i7-975 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

1889 points
4404 points
133% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3014 points
6525 points
116% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1556 points
3759 points
141% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1494 points
3630 points
142% significantly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.33 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz
4.3 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W
15 W
766% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

3
49% significantly more memory channels
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

742nd of 1,089
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2009 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-975 vs Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7430U is faster than the Core i7-975. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-975 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 7430U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-975. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7430U has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-975. It also has more threads than the Core i7-975. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-975 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i7-975 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 i7-975 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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