AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and Intel Core i7-4700EQ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 34% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2053 vs 1765
  • Around 42% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7681 vs 5417
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2053 vs 1765
PassMark - CPU mark 7681 vs 5417

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4700EQ

  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 4 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4700EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2053
1765
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7681
5417
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3550U Intel Core i7-4700EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2053 1765
PassMark - CPU mark 7681 5417
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3417
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 10338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 74.176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.02
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1086
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1086
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4319

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Haswell
Launch date Q1 2020 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1194 1203
Vertical segment Laptop Embedded
Processor Number i7-4700EQ
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.40 GHz
L3 cache 4 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 8
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 177 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 256 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3L 1333/1600
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 8
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz 400 MHz
Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz 1 GHz
Number of pipelines 512
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP5 FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 12 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 N / A

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)