AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7-3632QM

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i7-3632QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3500U beats the Core i7-3632QM in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3632QM in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3632QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-3632QM 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 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.