AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i7-7700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7700HQ beats the Ryzen 5 2500U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Core i7-7700HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7700HQ CPU because of its 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 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.