AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i7-3930K

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i7-3930K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500U is faster than the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-3930K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500U. A Ryzen 5 5500U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3930K 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 5500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.