Intel Core i5-11500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

5529 points
2% slightly better overall score
5419 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7840 points
16% slightly better gaming score
6732 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4827 points
5010 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4665 points
4902 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

125.39 points
130.22 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6177 points
6209 points
0.52% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1783 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1630 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
44% significantly 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

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB
12% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

290th of 1,089
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-11500H vs Ryzen 7 7730U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11500H is faster than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7730U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7730U has slightly more cores than the Core i5-11500H. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11500H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. Also, the Core i5-11500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7730U outputs less heat than Core i5-11500H 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 i5-11500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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