Ryzen 5 2500U vs i7-4720HQ

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-4720HQ
2015
4 cores / 8 threads, 47 Watt
3.61
Ryzen 5 2500U
2017
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.11
+13.9%

Ryzen 5 2500U outperforms Core i7-4720HQ by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking15101404
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency7.2725.93
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date1 January 2015 (9 years ago)26 October 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$378no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads88
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz3.6 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplierno data20
L1 cache256 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache6 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm14 nm
Die size177 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1400 Million4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFCBGA1364FP5
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
FDI+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size32 GB32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 4600AMD Radeon Vega 8
Max video memory2 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
VGA+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.43840x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort3840x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over VGA2880x1800@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2/12no data
OpenGL4.3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-4720HQ and Ryzen 5 2500U.

PCIe version33.0
PCI Express lanes1612

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-4720HQ 3.61
Ryzen 5 2500U 4.11
+13.9%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i7-4720HQ 5735
Ryzen 5 2500U 6534
+13.9%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i7-4720HQ 1029
+26.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 811

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i7-4720HQ 3077
+29.5%
Ryzen 5 2500U 2376

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i7-4720HQ 5145
+16.7%
Ryzen 5 2500U 4411

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i7-4720HQ 19580
+24.8%
Ryzen 5 2500U 15684

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i7-4720HQ 6930
+43.5%
Ryzen 5 2500U 4828

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i7-4720HQ 7.33
+39.6%
Ryzen 5 2500U 10.23

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i7-4720HQ 7
+5.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 7

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i7-4720HQ 642
+5.4%
Ryzen 5 2500U 609

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i7-4720HQ 138
+0.7%
Ryzen 5 2500U 137

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i7-4720HQ 1.57
Ryzen 5 2500U 1.59
+1.3%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i7-4720HQ 3.9
+18.2%
Ryzen 5 2500U 3.3

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i7-4720HQ 4281
+76.5%
Ryzen 5 2500U 2426

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i7-4720HQ 38
+8.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 35

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i7-4720HQ 152
+25.9%
Ryzen 5 2500U 121

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i7-4720HQ 12296
+8.8%
Ryzen 5 2500U 11301

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i7-4720HQ 3321
Ryzen 5 2500U 3383
+1.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.61 4.11
Integrated graphics card 1.84 4.51
Recency 1 January 2015 26 October 2017
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 2500U has a 13.9% higher aggregate performance score, 145.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 2500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core i7-4720HQ in performance tests.


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