AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE vs Intel Core i7-4980HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3354 points
3463 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5297 points
5609 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2767 points
2826 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2656 points
2712 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
34% slightly lower TDP
47 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

497th of 1,089
489th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop with Radeon Vega Graphics
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 2400GE vs Core i7-4980HQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4980HQ beats the Ryzen 5 2400GE in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2400GE in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 2400GE has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4980HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-4980HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2400GE CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4980HQ CPU because of its slightly 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 2400GE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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