AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i7-5700HQ

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core i7-5700HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 3600 beats the Core i7-5700HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5700HQ in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5700HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-5700HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5700HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-5700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 3600 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-5700HQ. The Ryzen 5 3600 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.