AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7-3740QM

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i7-3740QM specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500U performs better than the Core i7-3740QM. Despite this, the Core i7-3740QM 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3740QM has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3740QM 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.