AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G vs Intel Core i7 X 980

Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G vs Core i7 X 980 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G beats the Core i7 X 980 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 980 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G. Indeed, the Core i7 X 980 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7 X 980. The info from our database shows that the Core i7 X 980 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 PRO 2400G

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 PRO 2400G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.