AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Core i7-2630QM

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Core i7-2630QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-2630QM beats the Ryzen 3 2200U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 2200U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-2630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 2200U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2200U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. Also, the Ryzen 3 2200U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-2630QM CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.