AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i7-7700HQ

Ryzen 5 5600G vs Core i7-7700HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600G performs better than the Core i7-7700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600G has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-7700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-7700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-7700HQ. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-7700HQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600G thanks to a 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 5600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.