AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Core i7-3820QM

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Core i7-3820QM benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1400 performs better than the Core i7-3820QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3820QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3820QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3820QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3820QM outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1400 thanks to a 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 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.