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    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i7-3740QM

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    AMD Socket FP5MOBILE
    2000 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2017
    AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
    Intel Core i7-3740QM
    Intel Socket G2 (988B)MOBILE
    2700 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2012
    Intel Core i7-3740QM

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      105%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      100%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      100%
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      104%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

    5% higher single threaded performance.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).

    Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-3740QM

    None
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i7-3740QM
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SMT
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    AVX
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    TXT
    VT-x
    VT-d
    Hyper-Threading
    AES-NI

    Architecture

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i7-3740QM
    ArchitectureAMD ZenvsIntel_IvyBridge
    MarketMobilevsMobile
    Memory SupportDDR4vsunknown
    CodenameRaven RidgevsIvy Bridge
    Release DateOct 2017vsSep 2012

    Cores

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i7-3740QM
    Cores4vs4
    Threads8vs8
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsIntel HD 4000

    Cache

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i7-3740QM
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache4096 KB (shared)vs6144 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i7-3740QM
    SocketAMD Socket FP5vsIntel Socket G2 (988B)
    Max Case Tempunknownvsunknown
    PackageFP5vsFC-PGA12F
    Die Size210mm²vs160mm²
    Process14 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD Ryzen 5 2500UIntel Core i7-3740QM
    Cpu Frequency2000 MHzvs2700 MHz
    Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs3700 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltageunknownvsunknown
    TDP15 Wvs45 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      3960 points
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      3811 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      10736 points
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM
      13348 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      138
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM (simulated)
      130.66

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD Ryzen 5 2500U
      614
    • Intel Core i7-3740QM (simulated)
      639.41

    points - higher is better

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