AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Ryzen 5 3450U vs Core i7-5700HQ comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5700HQ performs better than the Ryzen 5 3450U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3450U 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-5700HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 5 3450U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5700HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 3450U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-5700HQ. Despite this, the Core i7-5700HQ has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3450U.

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.