AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-7300HQ

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i5-7300HQ benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5700G beats the Core i5-7300HQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7300HQ 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 i5-7300HQ. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7300HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7300HQ. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-7300HQ. Also, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-7300HQ 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-7300HQ. The Ryzen 7 5700G 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 7 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.