AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7-3930K

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 79.99
$ 200.01 significantly less expensive
$ 280.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3338 points
3669 points
9% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5184 points
4% slightly better gaming score
4984 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2778 points
3245 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2668 points
3138 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3720 points
5001 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

64.62 points
70.18 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3735 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3014 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1114 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
601 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3681 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
2984 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1109 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
616 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
100% significantly lower TDP
130 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

518th of 1,120
485th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 1500X vs Core i7-3930K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 1500X is faster than the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3930K has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1500X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1500X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Despite this, the Core i7-3930K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1500X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3930K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1500X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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