AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i7-4800MQ

Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i7-4800MQ comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5950X beats the Core i7-4800MQ in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4800MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-4800MQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4800MQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4800MQ. Also, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4800MQ outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5950X 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 5950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4800MQ. The Ryzen 9 5950X 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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.