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).

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

Intel Core i7-4700EQ

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	1192	1200
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)