AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i5-7500T

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i5-7500T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1500X beats the Core i5-7500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-7500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1500X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7500T. The Ryzen 5 1500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.