Intel Core i5-4210M vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 88.04
$ 47.28 significantly less expensive
$ 135.32

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1250 points
6267 points
401% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2527 points
8333 points
229% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

920 points
5604 points
509% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

882 points
5431 points
515% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

21.96 points
150.92 points
587% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1750 points
8330 points
376% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

886 points
1980 points
123% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1765 points
8600 points
387% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

907 points
2052 points
126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
6
200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
3.50 GHz
34% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

37 W
75% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

883rd of 1,089
237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-4210M vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600 is faster than the Core i5-4210M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4210M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-4210M that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-4210M. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4210M. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-4210M CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-4210M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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