Intel Core i5-11500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

5262 points

19% slightly better overall score

4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

20% slightly better gaming score

6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4465 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4309 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

3630 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.62 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

314th of 1,089

400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-11500 vs Ryzen 5 7430U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11500 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7430U 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 Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U.

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 i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.