Intel Core i5-10300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

3019 points
5931 points
96% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4851 points
7969 points
64% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2479 points
5267 points
112% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2378 points
5102 points
114% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2972 points
5451 points
83% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.60 points
141.88 points
123% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4001 points
7589 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1338 points
1833 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4049 points
7653 points
89% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1380 points
1872 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
384 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
3 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
16 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

537th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10300H vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Core i5-10300H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10300H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10300H. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-10300H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10300H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10300H. Despite this, the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10300H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10300H. The Ryzen 5 5500 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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