AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs Intel Core i7-3720QM

Ryzen 5 3450U vs Core i7-3720QM benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3450U beats the Core i7-3720QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3720QM in all gaming tests too.

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 Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Also, the Core i7-3720QM has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3450U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3720QM CPU because of its 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 3450U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.