AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 7th Generation Core i7 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2357 points
6% slightly better overall score
2218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3808 points
6% slightly better gaming score
3567 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1930 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
1819 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1850 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
1749 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.23 points
63.31 points
70% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2457 points
3447 points
40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

862 points
1174 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2505 points
3581 points
42% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

875 points
1188 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz
3.9 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

650th of 1,089
678th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics
7th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January
2017 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4-2400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core i7-7820HQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-7820HQ beats the Ryzen 5 3500U in overall performance. 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3500U. Also, the Core i7-7820HQ has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-7820HQ CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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