Intel Core i5-7300HQ vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000H -
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Ryzen
• Generation
  7 -
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 9000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal -
• CPU Cores
  4 16
• CPU Threads
  4 32
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No -
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.5 GHz 5.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 5.7 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 2200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2016 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -
• Graphics Cores
  - 2

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode -
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  Decode / Encode -
• VP9
  Decode / Encode -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel Core i5-7300HQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM DDR5
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• PCIe
  - PCIe 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes -

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-7300HQ and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W -
• Default TDP
  - 170 W
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 170 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-7300HQ and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kaby Lake H Zen 5
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) -
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 128 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2017 2025-03-12
• Socket
  BGA 1440 AM5
• Technology
  14 nm TSMC 4nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d -
• Codename
  - Granite Ridge AM5
• I/O die process
  - TSMC 6nm FinFET