AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Ryzen 3 5300G vs Core i7-6820HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6820HQ beats the Ryzen 3 5300G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 5300G in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5300G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6820HQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-6820HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 3 5300G thanks to a 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 5300G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.