AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i7-4710HQ

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i7-4710HQ specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 5900HS performs better than the Core i7-4710HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4710HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-4710HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4710HQ. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4710HQ. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4710HQ CPU because of its slightly 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 9 5900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.