AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7-4700HQ

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i7-4700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1600X beats the Core i7-4700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 1600X has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4700HQ. The Core i7-4700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X 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 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.