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

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th 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

2822 points

2% slightly better overall score

2743 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4389 points

4529 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2350 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

2219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2256 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

2130 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.83 points

60.35 points

14% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2842 points

3586 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

947 points

1175 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2861 points

3775 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

944 points

1204 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

566th of 1,089

580th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile with Radeon Vega Graphics

4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 January

2014 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core i7-4790S benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3550H is faster than the Core i7-4790S. Despite this, the Core i7-4790S has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790S has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 3550H. Also, the Core i7-4790S has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 3550H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4790S 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 3550H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.