AMD Ryzen 5 4500U vs Intel Core i7-7660U

Ryzen 5 4500U vs Core i7-7660U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 4500U performs better than the Core i7-7660U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7660U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 5 4500U has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Core i7-7660U has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7660U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7660U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 4500U. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 4500U has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.