Intel Core 5 210H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel Core (Series 2) 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5640 points
5757 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8677 points
10% slightly better gaming score
7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4783 points
5067 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4629 points
4903 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

130.38 points
144.95 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.00 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

295th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

Core (Series 2)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core 5 210H vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D beats the Core 5 210H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 210H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 5 210H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 210H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core 5 210H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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