Intel Core i5-11500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

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
4604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points
25% slightly better gaming score
6298 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4465 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4083 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4309 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
3956 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.62 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
104.53 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7239 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5620 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2003 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1634 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
35% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 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

314th of 1,089
380th 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
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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 7530U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11500 beats the Ryzen 5 7530U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7530U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 5 7530U.

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

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