AMD Ryzen 5 3350GE vs Intel Core i7-3740QM

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 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

2487 points
2493 points
0.24% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4034 points
1% slightly better gaming score
3957 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2009 points
2061 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1927 points
1979 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

3.3 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28% slightly lower TDP
45 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

631st of 1,089
629th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2012 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Ryzen 5 3350GE vs Core i7-3740QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3740QM beats the Ryzen 5 3350GE in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3350GE has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3350GE has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-3740QM. A Ryzen 5 3350GE CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3740QM CPU because of its slightly 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 3350GE has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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