AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-3537U

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i7-3537U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900HX is faster than the Core i7-3537U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3537U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-3537U. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-3537U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3537U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3537U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3537U outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-3537U. The Ryzen 9 5900HX 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 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.