Intel Core i5-10310U vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Core i5-10310U vs Ryzen 9 5900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900HX beats the Core i5-10310U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10310U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-10310U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10310U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10310U. Also, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10310U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-10310U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.