AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Core i7-3520M

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Core i7-3520M specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 2200U is faster than the Core i7-3520M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3520M in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2200U. Also, the Core i7-3520M has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3520M CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.