Intel Core i5-7500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Last updated: 2024-03-05

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-7500		AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
CPU comparison Intel Core i5-7500 or AMD Ryzen 5 7640U - 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 Intel Core i5-7500 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-7500 was released in Q1/2017. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U was released in Q3/2023.

Intel Core i5 (331)	Family	AMD Ryzen 5 (84)
Intel Core i 7000 (17)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)
7	Generation	6
Kaby Lake S	Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Core i5-6500	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i5-8500	Successor	AMD Ryzen 5 8640U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i5-7500 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-7500 is 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz) while the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U is at 3.50 GHz (4.90 GHz).
Intel Core i5-7500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
4	Cores	6
4	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	3.50 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.90 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

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.
Intel Core i5-7500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i5-7500 or AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 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.
Intel HD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon 760M
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.80 GHz
1.10 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	2.60 GHz
9.5	GPU Generation	10
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
3	Max. displays	4
24	Compute units	8
192	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	AMD FSR
64 GB	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

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.
Intel HD Graphics 630	GPU	AMD Radeon 760M
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i5-7500 can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 120.0 GB/s.
Intel Core i5-7500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
64 GB	Max. Memory	256 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	120.0 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	6.00 MB
6.00 MB	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
16	PCIe lanes	20
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-7500 is 65 W, while the AMD Ryzen 5 7640U has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i5-7500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	28 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	30 W
--	TDP down	15 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Intel Core i5-7500 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 6.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 5 7640U is manufactured in 4 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i5-7500	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
14 nm	Technology	4 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
LGA 1151	Socket	FP8
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2017	Release date	Q3/2023
220 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-7500 (53%)

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i5-7500 (38%)

AMD Ryzen 5 7640U (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	961 (51%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	1869 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3091 (35%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	8853 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1260 (54%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	2340 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3685 (40%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	9197 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 Intel HD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422 (16%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U AMD Radeon 760M @ 2.60 GHz	2663 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	1552 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	10675 (100%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	6028 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	638.4 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	420 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1580 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	162 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	0 (0%)

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.


	Intel Core i5-7500 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	617 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	Intel Core i5-7500 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 10,675 CB R23 MC @ 24 W	445 (100%)

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