AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i7-10870H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i7-10870H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 17 Sep 2020
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-10870H

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 5.00 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3145728x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2668 vs 2473
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14413 vs 9211
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 5.00 GHz vs 4.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 512 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache 12 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2668 vs 2473
PassMark - CPU mark 14413 vs 9211

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-10870H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2473
2668
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9211
14413
Name AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Intel Core i7-10870H
PassMark - Single thread mark 2473 2668
PassMark - CPU mark 9211 14413
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5295

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 7520U Intel Core i7-10870H

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Comet Lake
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 17 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 957 959
Launch price (MSRP) $417
Processor Number i7-10870H
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 2.20 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 512 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 2 MB
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.3 GHz 5.00 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2933
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 Watt
Package Size 42mm x 28mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x9BC4
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096 x 2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)