AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-4200U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7430 points
722% significantly better overall score
903 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
394% significantly better gaming score
1763 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
933% significantly better multitasking score
678 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
951% significantly better heavy workload score
654 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
1233% significantly higher Blender score
14.77 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8659 points
537% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
1358 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1948 points
181% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
691 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8946 points
538% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1401 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2013 points
175% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
732 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
300% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
300% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
137% significantly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
76% significantly higher turbo speed
2.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
15 W
333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
984th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i5-4200U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700G performs better than the Core i5-4200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5700G has significantly more cores than the Core i5-4200U. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has 8 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-4200U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4200U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4200U outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5700G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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