AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i3-N305

Ryzen 5 7520U vs Core i3-N305 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-N305 beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-N305 has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U that has 4 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-N305. Also, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i3-N305 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i3-N305 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7520U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.