AMD Ryzen 3 5300U vs Intel Core i7-4720HQ

Ryzen 3 5300U vs Core i7-4720HQ benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 3 5300U is faster than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ 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 Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. Also, the Ryzen 3 5300U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 5300U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4720HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 5300U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4720HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4720HQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 3 5300U.

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 5300U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.