Not worth it: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H is only 4 to 8 percent faster than the Ryzen 5 3550H

AMD unveiled its mobile Ryzen H-series at CES 2019 to compete directly with Intel's Core i5 H-series in the entry-level gaming space. Two SKUs were announced for the series: the Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen 7 3750H. Initial benchmarks for the Ryzen 5 3550H proved to be promising as they traded blows with the 8th gen Core i5-8300H and even 9th gen Core i5-9300H to be a worthy AMD alternative. So, what about the Ryzen 7 3750H?

After checking out two Asus laptops equipped with the Ryzen 7 3750H, we can safely conclude that it adds almost nothing of value when compared to the cheaper Ryzen 5 3550H. CineBench benchmarks are just 8 percent higher than the Ryzen 5 3550H and this gap can become even narrower after accounting for any performance throttling as shown by our CineBench loop graph below. Single-threaded performance paints a similar picture as exemplified by Super Pi. Despite having a "7" in its nomenclature, the Ryzen 7 3750H performs nowhere near the 8th gen or 9th gen hexa-core Intel Core i7 series which could potentially confuse the average consumer shopping for a gaming laptop.

In other words, AMD could have just released one SKU only and there would have been almost no difference when gaming.

If you still wish to own a Ryzen 7 3750H laptop, then the Zephyrus G GA502DU is the best iteration thus far. This particular model can maintain faster clock rates for longer than the cheaper TUF FX505DT (3.9 GHz vs. 3.7 GHz) even though both are equipped with the same Ryzen 7 processor. As a result, the GA502DU can perform 6 to 7 percent faster than the FX505DT. No matter which Ryzen 5 3550H or Ryzen 7 3750H option you choose, however, any performance deltas between them will be within single digits.