Intel Core i9-8950HK vs AMD Ryzen 3 7320U

Core i9-8950HK vs Ryzen 3 7320U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-8950HK is faster than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 7320U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Indeed, the Core i9-8950HK has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 7320U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 7320U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 3 7320U. Also, the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 7320U outputs less heat than Core i9-8950HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 3 7320U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-8950HK. Despite this, the Core i9-8950HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 7320U.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.