Intel Core i5-11500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition

Core i5-11500 vs Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition is faster than the Core i5-11500. Despite this, the Core i5-11500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-11500.

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.