AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i7-3960X

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 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

3472 points

3693 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5565 points

11% slightly better gaming score

4998 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2824 points

3261 points

15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2709 points

3155 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.25 points

69.62 points

0.53% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.3 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

3.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W

766% significantly lower TDP

130 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

487th of 1,089

464th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Mobile

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 June

2011 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 4500U vs Core i7-3960X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3960X is faster than the Ryzen 5 4500U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-3960X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 4500U. A Ryzen 5 4500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3960X 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.