Intel Core i5-10500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Core i5-10500H vs Ryzen 5 5500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5500 beats the Core i5-10500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500H 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 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500H. Despite this, the Core i5-10500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-10500H 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.

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 i5-10500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.