AMD Ryzen 3 3200U vs Intel Core i7-3630QM

Ryzen 3 3200U vs Core i7-3630QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3630QM beats the Ryzen 3 3200U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 3200U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-3630QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 3200U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 3200U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 3200U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3630QM. Also, the Ryzen 3 3200U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 3200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3630QM 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 3200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.