Intel Core i5-10505 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 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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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Price

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$ 155.99

$ 74.99

$ 81.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5099 points

5933 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7173 points

7973 points

11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4433 points

5269 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4285 points

5103 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

111.57 points

141.88 points

27% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5432 points

7653 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1554 points

1872 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

346th of 1,102

264th of 1,102

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-10505 vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500 performs better than the Core i5-10505. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10505 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10505. Despite this, the Core i5-10505 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-10505 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.