AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7-4930MX

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i7-4930MX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4930MX is faster than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500U 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4930MX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3500U. Also, the Core i7-4930MX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4930MX 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 3500U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4930MX. Despite this, the Core i7-4930MX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U.

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.