AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i5-6440HQ

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i5-6440HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500U beats the Core i5-6440HQ in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-6440HQ has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-6440HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-6440HQ 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 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.