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
14% slightly better overall score
4590 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
16% slightly better gaming score
6773 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4465 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
3928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4309 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
3794 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

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

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

331st of 1,118
399th of 1,118

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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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. Also, the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i5-11500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.

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