Intel Core i5-10300H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 4 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
3147 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4851 points
4989 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2479 points
2595 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2378 points
2494 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

63.60 points
64.47 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

5106 points
5149 points
0.84% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4049 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3685 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1380 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1171 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

8
Identical
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.50 GHz
2.80 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
Identical
256 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1 MiB
2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

537th of 1,089
518th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
LPDDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10300H vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10300H performs better than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10300H. Despite this, the Core i5-10300H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7520U outputs less heat than Core i5-10300H thanks to a 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 7520U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10300H. Despite this, the Core i5-10300H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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