AMD Ryzen 5 3550H vs Intel Core i7-4790K

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i7-4790K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4790K beats the Ryzen 5 3550H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3550H in all gaming tests too.

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 i7-4790K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790K 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 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.