AMD Ryzen 7 4800H vs Intel Core i7-3930K

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 4800H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-3930K
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Intel Core i7-3930K

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H or Intel Core i7-3930K - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H was released in Q1/2020.

The Intel Core i7-3930K has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-3930K was released in Q4/2011.
AMD Ryzen 7 (67) Family Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24)
AMD Ryzen 4000H (6) CPU group Intel Core i 3000X (4)
3 Generation 3
Renoir (Zen 2) Architecture Sandy Bridge E
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H is 2.90 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-3930K has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-3930K is at 3.20 GHz (3.80 GHz).

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Characteristic Intel Core i7-3930K
8 Cores 6
16 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.90 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
3.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Characteristic Intel Core i7-3930K
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H or Intel Core i7-3930K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
7 Compute units --
448 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 51.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-3930K supports up to 64 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Characteristic Intel Core i7-3930K
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
51.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 12.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
11.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 7 4800H is 45 W, while the Intel Core i7-3930K has a TDP of 130 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Characteristic Intel Core i7-3930K
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 130 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
54 W TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 4800H is manufactured in 7 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-3930K is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 12.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Characteristic Intel Core i7-3930K
7 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
FP6 Socket LGA 2011
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d (C2 Stepping)
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2020 Release date Q4/2011
-- Release price 480 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K (59%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K (51%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
1147 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
778 (68%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
7886 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
4576 (58%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
1558 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
731 (47%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
7215 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
3201 (44%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
472 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
269 (57%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
3847 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
1986 (52%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
18802 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
8254 (44%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 2.90 GHz
4817 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
2588 (54%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
197 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
129 (65%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
1712 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
915 (53%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
72 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
602 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
1242 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
10943 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir) @ 1.60 GHz
1433 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
191 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
427.7 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz
500 (100%)
Intel Core i7-3930K Intel Core i7-3930K
6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Intel Core i7-3930K
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401IU-HE017T
ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506IV
Unknown

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